Reistall windwos XP Pro - security

[Guest]

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

 

[Jerry]

You can boot from the XP CD and do a repair install over the existing
install, things are saved.

 

[GreenieLeBrun]

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

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