Hi Steve,
On Friday 08 April 2005 8:37 pm, you wrote:
> If I install Windows XP Pro on a drive that currently contains only
> data, is there a way to preserve the data or will the installation
> automatically erase the existing data on that drive without giving
> me the option to preserve that data?
>
> (I have a computer with 2 drives. I think the c drive is beginning
> to go bad. As a result, I want to make the data drive the c drive,
> install the OS on that drive and then use the former data drive as
> the c boot drive and get rid of the old c drive.)
>
> Thanks.
>
> Steve
I would defrag the drive and then clone it to a CD or something
similar. Then either format it fat 32 or use the XP CD to delete the
old data and format NTFS and install. This will give you a clean
install.
Or after you have cloned it. Use XP to format it and then copy the
existing installation across. You will need to do a boot fix
afterwards.
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Best Regards:
Derrick.
Pontefract Linux Users Group.
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