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If I try to install windows XP to a drive that already has stuff on it, and is already formatted (NTFS), will XP wanna format the drive anyway? or will it just install to it's own little corner and leave the stuff i already have there alone?
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Shawn "Icy-Fire" Kenselaar
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XP can install on both FAT32 and NTFS, and since you have NTFS, you don't need to format.
It will ask you to select wich partition to install into and as additional tasks,
you will have options so format, so just select the partition and instal it.
Pavlov
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but i have the drive as one big thing with no partitions, will it still leave the existing data alone?
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Shawn "Icy-Fire" Kenselaar
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It *should* leave the data files alone. However, before you perform any such function, you should make sure that your data files are backedup.Lawrence
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Yap, just as Lawrance said it "should" but it's good idea to back up important unrecoverable data 1st.
You don't want to get this error code :
Winerr 01C - Wrong Disk Formatted. Sorry About That.
Pavlov
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