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luke9511
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i was just wondering if a store bought version of xp when trying to install would delete any other partitions on the hard drive or would it leave it alone?
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I think there is an option to define the partitions during setup, but I am not sure.
Anybody else...?
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luke9511
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| mrsugg wrote: | I think there is an option to define the partitions during setup, but I am not sure.
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the reason i ask is that i have a partition with backups of my pc game folders and dont want to lose them, but also the system restore that comes with my compaq pc will erase everything including partitions and plus it takes 4 whole hours for it to reinstall windows 4 HOURS!! thats insane, anyway thanks for your reply and i await any other replys on my question 
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king_mark
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No luke,
windows does not automatically delete or format any partitions while installing. You are given a choice of the partitions you have available, and also a choice of whether or not to format the partition you choose to install windiws on. (While windows does not need a formtted partition to instal onto, its always best to format the partition you choose -after you've backed up any data on it ofcourse.)
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html#steps
Heres a good guide to reinstalling windows if you've never done it before..
I don't genereally delete the partition as michael suggests in point 10, press enter to select the partition you want, and there you have an option to format the partition.
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luke9511
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| king_mark wrote: | No luke,
windows does not automatically delete or format any partitions while installing. You are given a choice of the partitions you have available, and also a choice of whether or not to format the partition you choose to install windiws on. (While windows does not need a formtted partition to instal onto, its always best to format the partition you choose -after you've backed up any data on it ofcourse.)
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html#steps
Heres a good guide to reinstalling windows if you've never done it before..
I don't genereally delete the partition as michael suggests in point 10, press enter to select the partition you want, and there you have an option to format the partition. |
.thanks for the info, im more used to installing windows 98 and linux and have only installed xp a few times though i am not going to use my recovery discs to reinstall windows as like i said they take 4 hours to reinstall the os and also they erase all partitions, so thanks for the help.
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luke9511
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im having a problem that kinda has to do with this, im trying to create a partition using partition magic but when i restart so it can make the changes it says it cant cause there are to many errors, how can i fix that so that i can make my partition?
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king_mark
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try running a chkdsk /r first..
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oops!!
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