Window XP Home Edition Installation

[Guest]

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When you re-install (not just update or repair), does XP just delete all
previous files, or does it actually re-format your hard drive as well?

 

[peter]

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You get the option to either repair (keeps old files) or do a full install.
If a full install then it will ask you to select the drive/partition etc and
ask if you want to do a quick or a full format. In which case you lose
everything on the drive.
Back up what you need to a CD

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Peter.
Toronto, Canada.
XP Home SP2.
P4 Dual HT @ 3.0ghz, 160gb HD, 1.0gb DDR.
"Patsy" <Patsy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> When you re-install (not just update or repair), does XP just delete all
> previous files, or does it actually re-format your hard drive as well?