Installing Vista RC1 on a hard-drive with data on it

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I have two hard drives, the second one being a 250gb SATA hard drive, with
half of it used up by home videos (it is imperative that I don't lose those).
If I install Vista on it, will it delete the data already on it? I only
just re-installed XP because I recently upgraded my computer, and I DON'T
want to do it again (shudder!). All of those programs I have to re-install!
 
Do not install Vista RC1 or earlier on a computer with data on it that you
can't afford to lose. Do not install any kind of beta software on a computer
that has data you can't afford to lose on it.

As an aside if you have data that you can't afford to lose why is it not
backed up?
 
mada said:
I have two hard drives, the second one being a 250gb SATA hard drive, with
half of it used up by home videos (it is imperative that I don't lose
those).
If I install Vista on it, will it delete the data already on it? I only
just re-installed XP because I recently upgraded my computer, and I DON'T
want to do it again (shudder!). All of those programs I have to
re-install!
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There is a 99.9% chance that the data will be unrecoverable. Why not invest
$100.00 or so and purchase a USB/Firewire external hard-drive to use for
backing up your computer?
 
mada said:
I have two hard drives, the second one being a 250gb SATA hard drive, with
half of it used up by home videos (it is imperative that I don't lose those).
If I install Vista on it, will it delete the data already on it? I only
just re-installed XP because I recently upgraded my computer, and I DON'T
want to do it again (shudder!). All of those programs I have to re-install!
Click to expand...
 
-I would say the best way to use a beta operating system is on its own
harddrive. You are taking a BIG chance if you try to load it on a drive that
has any data you can't lose. Harddrives are cheap, particularly something
like an 80 gb ide .I just paid $36 for a new WD drive, and loaded that on a
beta test box. At this point VISTA is to buggy to trust it on a drive with XP.
 
Welcome to the world of BETA OS's... as others have stated, do not install
BETA OS software on a production PC. That's just crazy. And that's not meant
as a "dis". That's just the way it is.

Lang
 
Yeah, I know. I don't know if I want to buy a hard-drive just for Vista,
though. At the moment I've got it installed on a non-essential PC, which
unfortuantely cannot run Aero (goodbye semi-transparent windows). I suppose
it'll be something I'll have to look forward to when Microsoft releases Vista.
 
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