Reistall windwos XP Pro - security

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It is possible to reinstall XP on a hard drive that is not partitioned and
still preserve any existing data files on the hard drive?

I would expect that if the OS is on a separate partition and data stored on
another partition that replacing the OS in this situation woudl preserve the
data.

Regards
Polar Bear
 
You can boot from the XP CD and do a repair install over the existing
install, things are saved.
 
PolarBear said:
It is possible to reinstall XP on a hard drive that is not
partitioned and still preserve any existing data files on the hard
drive?

I would expect that if the OS is on a separate partition and data
stored on another partition that replacing the OS in this situation
woudl preserve the data.

Regards
Polar Bear
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How to perform an in-place upgrade (reinstallation) of Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315341

How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
 
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