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| Originally Posted by MattS There is no usually about it. The install routine does what you tell it to do. You just need to to know what to tell it to do. A repair install overwrites only files that shipped with Windows or were created at install time and leaves the vast majority of applications intact. |
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| Originally Posted by uwila Sorry, but your comments are not accurate. Some machines only come with a 're-install disc' which totally wipes the C: partition (often the only one in these machines) and no options are possible. |
Of course you're both right! Reinstalling from a 'proper' XP disc doesn't necessarily wipe the data, whilst using a manufacturer's recovery CD usually (?always?) does.
Gary probably knows this already - but I'm pretty certain that Toshiba laptops ship with a recovery disk which would mean loss of data.