reformatting with partitions

[dac4n4d14n]

hi, i am currently using windows xp and when first
installing it, i had setup two partitions on my 80 gb
hard drive. so basically 40 gb on c: and 40 gb on d:.
everything is still working great after a little more
than a year. its also been a year of installing and
uninstalling, deleting, etc. so i want to reformat.
though i have a lot of information to back up and only
have a cd burner. no, dvd burner yet =(. so i was
wondering if it was possible to put all the files i want
to keep on my d: and just format my c: like normal and
install windows and everything on there, without losing
anything on d:. once again this is one hard drive with c:
and d:. is it possible?

 

[Guest]

Check out this Knowledge Base Article: 313348. It should answer your questions.

 

[Hans-Georg Michna]

hi, i am currently using windows xp and when first
installing it, i had setup two partitions on my 80 gb
hard drive. so basically 40 gb on c: and 40 gb on d:.
everything is still working great after a little more
than a year. its also been a year of installing and
uninstalling, deleting, etc. so i want to reformat.
though i have a lot of information to back up and only
have a cd burner. no, dvd burner yet =(. so i was
wondering if it was possible to put all the files i want
to keep on my d: and just format my c: like normal and
install windows and everything on there, without losing
anything on d:. once again this is one hard drive with c:
and d:. is it possible?

Yes, no problem.

Hans-Georg