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i have an emachine computer with windows xp home preinstalled with a recovery cd. I added a new hard drive and keep most of my video files on it.
I've been having a few problems with my computer and i want to do a full reinstall of xp so i want to put all my files on to the seound HDD and reinstall windows
My questions are:- would my data be safe on the secound HDD and not be deleted
Would the reinstallation of windows effect the data and render it useless?e.g would the data be encrypted
I would like to know because i have 60Gb of home video files and other stuff and i would not like to loose them
I only have a cdrw drive and not enough cd's to hold all this data
Thanks for your help in advance....
 
You must return your eMachine computer to its original hardware
configuration before using eMachine's Recovery method. Disconnect
all peripheral hardware devices except for the monitor, mouse
and keyboard. Any internal hardware changes or upgrades must
be undone, such as removing or disconnecting a second drive you may
have installed or changing the video or sound cards to the original.

The eMachine Recovery process looks for the original factory hardware
configuration, otherwise it will fail to execute as designed.

On page 5-1 of your eMachine User Guide, it explains that restoring
Windows XP involves reformatting the hard drive. The eMachine
Restore CDs does the reformatting for you before reinstalling XP.
In other words, do not manually reformat your drive..... allow the Restore
CD to do its job. Please read your eMachine User Guide for details.

If you misplaced your eMachine User Guide, you can download another.

Visit: http://www.e4me.com/support/user_guide.html?cat=desktop&prod=T1842

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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| i have an emachine computer with windows xp home preinstalled with a recovery cd. I added a new hard drive
and keep most of my video files on it.
| I've been having a few problems with my computer and i want to do a full reinstall of xp so i want to put
all my files on to the seound HDD and reinstall windows.
| My questions are:- would my data be safe on the secound HDD and not be deleted?
| Would the reinstallation of windows effect the data and render it useless?e.g would the data be encrypted?
| I would like to know because i have 60Gb of home video files and other stuff and i would not like to loose t
hem.
| I only have a cdrw drive and not enough cd's to hold all this data.
| Thanks for your help in advance.....
|
 
so after i take everything out, Reinstall windows, and then put the HDD back in will the computer recognise it and the files on it and be able to access the files?
 
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