Some of my xp files got corrupted, and with that I can't even boot the computer in safe mode. http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/ [...] en-startup Now, I've decided to reinstall windows, however, will that in turn completely wipe my hard drive? I have two partitions, C and D on one hard drive. Or, could it also possibly just wipe my C directory clean? Thanks to all those who post.
Some of my xp files got corrupted, and with that I can't even boot the computer in safe mode. http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/ [...] en-startup Now, I've decided to reinstall windows, however, will that in turn completely wipe my hard drive? I have two partitions, C and D on one hard drive. Or, could it also possibly just wipe my C directory clean? Thanks to all those who post.
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Now, I've decided to reinstall windows, however, will that in turn completely wipe my hard drive? I have two partitions, C and D on one hard drive.
When you reinstall windows everything on the hard drive you are installing on will be lost when windows reformats the drive.
I don't like repair installs, but it's a good idea to repair it, then transfer all your documents to D:
and then doing a clean windows install
Agreed.. I used to partition long ago and have had partitions break, thus loosing everything. Drives are so cheap nowadays, go get yourself and extra drive and store your personal files on the extra drive.
But in the meantime do a repair - just load the XP disk and you'll see the option - copy your files to the other partition and then reinstall fresh.
Message edited by billscarnage on 08-08-2007 at 01:47:23 AM
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