I have a regular MS disk, not an upgrade, not oem.

Diane Kroeckel


On Wed, 10 Jan 2007 11:45:09 -0500 Richard Glazier
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> It depends on what type or re-install type of disk it is (MS or 
> OEM?)
> and what they built-in to the disk.  SOme of the older OEM ones 
> (from
> the large OEMs, liked to wipe out everything...
> 
> Side Note: Even MS has been known to do this on occassion...
> At the Intel R2R road show, I got a disk that was a beta of Vista,
> and the warning was -- it would automatically format your HD!!!
> 
>                                             Rick Glazier
> 
> From: "Diane Kroeckel"
> >I was wondering if I reinstall XP Pro on my system, will it delete
> > everything, or just install over my stuff and I'd have to 
> reinstall my
> > programs, but my data would still be there.  Naturally I'd back 
> up
> > everything first anyway.  Like a nondestructive install, or a 
> destructive
> > install.
> 
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