reinstalling Windows XP over old

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Maggie

Help! A family member started to reinstall Windows XP
Home. What to do?
 
Maggie;
If you have not gone to far, you can perform a Repair installation as
a Clean Installation can destroy all data.
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/repaxp.htm

It is generally not a good idea to stop the installation but if a
Clean Installation was started, you may try stopping to minimize lost
data and perform a Repair installation.
 
Nothing bad if it's a repair install (eg upgrading itself with itself). If it's wiping the disk it will wipe the disk. MS versions of XP will be a repair install unless you chose otherwise. A non MS version can do anything and often will wipe the data.
 
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