Thanks for the information Darrell.
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""Darrell Gorter[MSFT]"" <Darrellg@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hello Andre
> While a backup is always recommended when running setup as safety
> precaution, setup should not delete the files and folder on a drive unless
> the user selects to do so.
> If we find an existing copy of Windows, we backup that folder into
> Windows.old.
> If you do not format or partition the drive, the data should remain
> intact.
> There are certain folders that should not exist that may be renamed or
> block setup such as:
> \windows
> \winnt
> \program files
> \Users
> \Documents and Settings
> Thanks,
> Darrell Gorter[MSFT]
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights
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> |>From: "Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" <andred25@hotmail.com>
> |>References: <HeatSurge.2osks8@no-mx.forums.net>
> |>Subject: Re: Windows Vista Install without erasing partition.
> |>Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2007 17:27:11 -0500
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> |>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.
> |>--
> |> Andre
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> |>"HeatSurge" <HeatSurge.2osks8@no-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
> |>news:HeatSurge.2osks8@no-mx.forums.net...
> |>>
> |>> 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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