Reinstalling Winxp

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    grimerz is offline Valued Member

    Reinstalling Winxp

    What happens when one tries to reinstall Winxp over the already installed system?

    When I used any of the other systems, 3.10, 3.11, 95 A & B,
    98 A & B, there were no problems at all. May I ask, will Winxp baulk at the very idea of a reinstall please?

    regards

    grimerz


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    Bear is offline D-A-L Elite Member
    It depends, If you have installed SP2 and your CD doesn't include SP2 on the installation disk you will get an error message saying that a newer version of XP is already installed. If this is the case then you would have to uninstall all SP2 updates to do a repair install.

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    jephree is offline ¨*·.¸ «.·°·..·°·.» ¸.·*¨
    Just to add: if you intend a Clean Install you will get to the step where you will Delete your existing partition. All data will be erased and XP will be installed Clean.

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    grimerz is offline Valued Member
    Thank you Bear and jephree.

    I imagine jephree that if I elect to continue with the install then all my files etc. will not be erased??

    regards

    grimerz

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    jephree is offline ¨*·.¸ «.·°·..·°·.» ¸.·*¨
    A Clean Install will ERASE all DATA. It Formats the hard drive (or partition).

    A Repair Install will not erase data. This is what Bear was referring to.

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    grimerz is offline Valued Member
    Thank you jephree for your trouble. I am delighted that you are here to help we nitwits


    regards grimerz //

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    jephree is offline ¨*·.¸ «.·°·..·°·.» ¸.·*¨
    No problem. Let us know if we can help further.

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