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Reinstalling XP on disk with multiple partitions

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by el guapo 1 view

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I have a 2 disks setup in RAID 0 and created multiple partitions in it, so the OS in the C:\ partition, data in D:\, and media in M:\.

Well the OS got corrupt, tried using the Recovery Console to no avail, and looks like the last resort is to reinstall the OS.

Am I correct that I can reinstall XP in the C:\ partition without losing ALL of my data in the other partitions?

During installation, will XP be confined only in C:\ and not delete the rest of the partitions?

Thanks.

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When you install XP, you will be asked to select the partion to install to. You will then (typically) be given the option of formatting the partition, or leaving it intact. Formatting will give you a cleaner install, but leaving intact may allow you to recover profile information,etc.. which migh be on the C: drive.

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