YoMamma May 15, 2006 Share YoMamma Member May 15, 2006 Does anybody know how to delete/reinstall Windows XP without reformatting and losing any of my other programs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOFX May 15, 2006 Share NOFX Member May 15, 2006 you put the CD while in windows and do the install. Do not boot from CD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoMamma May 15, 2006 Author Share YoMamma Member May 15, 2006 But this won't delete Windows first, will it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nut May 15, 2006 Share nut Member May 15, 2006 from what i know.. is you put it in while in windows... then it reinstalls it.. taking off the old Windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoMamma May 15, 2006 Author Share YoMamma Member May 15, 2006 Oh... I figured it would be more complex. I'll have to give it a try tomorrow. THX NOFX&Capt.C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman May 15, 2006 Share Batman Member May 15, 2006 When you do that I believe it asks if you want to "repair" windows.. After the repair you have to update everything again, but all your installed programs will still work.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoMamma May 15, 2006 Author Share YoMamma Member May 15, 2006 Perfect, thx Batty. Ill have to find my cd first and try this tomorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zerodamage May 15, 2006 Share Guest zerodamage Guests May 15, 2006 Let us know Yomamma if it works or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ConGregation May 15, 2006 Share ConGregation Member May 15, 2006 Will it completely reform the windows folder? Getting rid of anything extra added in there? I always thought it just copied over the original files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobalt May 16, 2006 Share Cobalt Member May 16, 2006 If you do a repair installation windows runs all the system files through a check operation with the information on the cd. If any of the system files on your machine do not pass this check operation they are replaced with the ones from the cd. Just so you know before you do this, Windows XP repair operations work about 50% of the time and there always ends up being some problem down the road. My advice if that drive is still viewable would be to get all your data off while you still can and then do a clean install. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoMamma May 16, 2006 Author Share YoMamma Member May 16, 2006 Well, I installed Windows XP Home Edition over my Windows XP Professional Edititon last night. The installation did allow me to keep all my programs, etc, but it overwrote EVERYTHING in the Windows folder, meaning I lost all of the program's system files. Thus, I had to re-install most of my programs, however a few of them didn't need to be reinstalled. Thanks for the help, everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zerodamage May 17, 2006 Share Guest zerodamage Guests May 17, 2006 How about the my documents and what not. Did those get deleted? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoMamma May 17, 2006 Author Share YoMamma Member May 17, 2006 How about the my documents and what not. Did those get deleted? yes they did, but I backed them up before hand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobalt May 17, 2006 Share Cobalt Member May 17, 2006 Did you format and then install? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoMamma May 17, 2006 Author Share YoMamma Member May 17, 2006 Did you format and then install? Nope. I just installed the CD from Windows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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