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Old 05-30-2003, 09:35 AM   #1
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reinstalling Windows XP

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I have XP Home Edition on my computer at present. I have XP on the C drive, my applications on the D, games on the E and photos and music on the E.

My windows has been acting wierd lately and I want to reinstall. Do I need to format the whole harddrive as Windows will need to know where all my apps are located so will I need to reinstall everything?

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Old 05-30-2003, 10:18 AM   #2
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Try doing a repair first. Boot with XP CD and follow instructions. I've done it twice. Good results once and didn't fix problem other time.

You will have to reload SP1 and updates. Programs and applications sould not be affected.
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Old 05-30-2003, 12:23 PM   #3
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If the suggestion that Confused gave you doesn't work and you reformat you will only need to framat the C partition to reinstall XP.
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