Re-installing Windows

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How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
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"Alison" wrote:

| I've had a bit of a problem with my computer and I was going to re-install
| Windows.
|
| I get to the section asking which partition I want to install it on and get
| a bit stuck. I'm given the option of one partition, which is FAT and is only
| about 32MB in size and this is too small. The next one is NTFS and is about
| 69MB. When I select this option, it tells me there is another operating
| system installed (I take it the original version of Windows). When I select
| this option, it tells me that the operating system might not run because of
| the existing one.
|
| If I just select this, will the re-installed Windows not just overwrite the
| original one, or will I be left with duplicate files and vitually two
| versions running?
|
| Thanks in advance.
|
| Alison