Complete Restore

[scribblec]

i would like to completly reinstall my comp
but keep certain things like the films i have downloaded or the music i have on my comp
but delete everything else
is this possible?

[TheFilePirater]

yes and no, if i was you i would just burn all your stuff to cds, then format your whole hard drive and re-install windows

[Somebody1234]

If you have 2 hard drives or if you have 2 partitions on one drive you can leave your data on that space. Reformat just the C: partition when reinstalling.

You may want to consider making it that way if you are starting over.

[scribblec]

:(
only got one single harddrive

[ck-uk]

scribblec how Somebody1234 explained is the best and safest way
if u only hav one harddrive if anything goes wrong with windows
it don't touch ur personal data..how i hav mine

40gb drive splitt
c:14 gb for windows and apps

d:23gb for storin data,movies music.etc, before i burn to disk

[KillerSmurf]

you could use partition magic to create the partitions. It worked for me the other day. Also cosider making a clone or an image of your os and apps to make your restore easier.

[scribblec]

i have a complete restore cd
my os is xp home
which came with comp

[Manny Calavera]

check the cd and see if it offers you reinstall windows and keep data. should do xp pro does

[scribblec]

i dont wanna keep data
i wanna keep certain data
like my music files and video ones
i wanna get rid of sp1
and all other stuff like that

[Nightwolf]

I don't know a lot about XP (I still use 98), but why couldn't he just...

1. Start with a boot disk

2. From the command prompt, rename the Windows directory to something like 'Win_Old'

3. Restart with the XP install disk in the drive and do a full install

Wouldn't this be a clean installation with a fresh new registry? That would allow him to keep all the other files and folders on his drive. He would just need to reinstall all his games and apps.

[Manny Calavera]

If you archived the files whilst installing SP1 just go to control panel - add remove programs and uninstall it there ;)