Re: Questions about reinstalling Windows XP

Hello...
I have a portable satellite, and I must confess that I do not understand why everything should be formatted when reinstalling the system.
I have several questions if someone could help please.

Is it possible to reinstall Windows without losing programs installed?
If I use the restore CD, all partitions will be deleted or only C:?

Thank you very much!!

> Is it possible to reinstall Windows without losing programs installed?
No, because programs written entries in the Windows registry and sometimes in the Windows folder.
If you need to reinstall all programs after reinstallation of Windows.

> If I use the restore CD, all partitions will be deleted or only C:?
If you use the recovery disk will be formatted the whole HARD drive then back up your data first.
After reinstalling Windows, you save your data on the HARD disk again.

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