PowerEdge1800. Can I reinstall Windows without screwing up D: Partition?

Our old Poweredge1800, win2k3sp2, has a raid perc with 3 disks. The machine stops booting acpitabl.dat. I started in the recovery from the CD console, and chkdsk shows unrecoverable errors on C:\ I was unable to see even a directory C:\Windows, so I think that's where the errors are.

Here's the nut of the problem: I need to copy some directories off the D:\ partition on an external USB hard drive. We have NO good backup of these specific directories. It is quite irritating that Recovery Console won't let me access anything below D:\. Is there a procedure known to:

1. reinstall or repair the C:\Windows\ directory, WITHOUT damaging the partition D:\, or

2. a bootable CD image that allows you to access the disk D:\.

I know, I should have backups, and I do, for the most part. These files were updated on the eve of this system has taken a nose dive.

Yes. When you start the Windows installation, it will ask you where you wan to install and you will show the existing partitions. It will show C: and D:. You need to remove C:, then select the unpartitioned space to install to.

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