You can do a "repair" with the win2k disk. I've never tried it with XP.
--- Peter Cushing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Matt Jarvis wrote: > > Does reinstall of Win2k (or XP) overwrite > installed programs? > > > > I have a user w/ a flakey machine and wanted to > try reinstalling Windows > > on her machine. I can't remember if she runs Win2k > or XP. > > > > Any special dirs I need to protect? > > > > > When I've done this before (with XP), if you try to > do it as a new > install, when you come to the option of where to put > the OS (pick a > partition). It should then prompt you saying that > windows already > exists on this machine and give you an option to do > a repair, which > should just overwrite the system files and keep user > folders etc. Mind > you, I'd always backup first :-) > > Peter > > > > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: [email protected] > Subscription Maintenance: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox > OT-free version of this list: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech > Searchable Archive: > http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox > This message: > http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, > are the opinions of the author, and do not > constitute legal or medical advice. This statement > is added to the messages for those lawyers who are > too stupid to see the obvious. > _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
