You will need to backup that data on the D: drive. When you launch Vista
setup, you will be given the option to select drive/partition on which you
would like to install Vista on. Vista's setup will delete the contents of
that partition/drive if data is on it. Vista x64 requires a clean
installation.
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Andre
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"HeatSurge" <HeatSurge.2osks8@no-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
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> Hi Everyone,
>
> I've been looking all over the net and on the forums here and I can't
> find a definitive answer to my question, so here goes:
>
> Can I safely perform a clean install of Windows Vista on my Secondary
> Hard Drive (D
without erasing the folder structure there for a
> dual-boot with an XP 32bit which is currently on C:? I have program
> installations, some music etc. stored on D: and I don't have the space
> on C: to move them there to completely erase or format D:.
>
> I know for a fact that I can do this with an XP installation (because
> I've done it before) - I just told it to install to the formatted
> partition and it just created the necessary files in the root directory
> and the \documents and settings\ and \windows\ subdirs.
>
> I really hope windows vista 32bit can do the same. Can someone who has
> done this or knows for a fact confirm that if I just tell it to install
> to a formatted partition it will only create the new folders (windows\
> and users\ from what I've seen elsewhere) without erasing anything
> else?
>
> Also, is it just as safe to launch the clean install over D: from
> within windows or would you recommend booting from the DVD?
>
> How about 64bit (I'm also thinking of a triple-boot with another hard
> drive - XP, Vista 32bit, Vista 64bit)? It should be the same with 32bit
> but has anyone encountered anything different?
>
> I'm using Vista Business btw.
>
>
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