Different OS. Need install help.

[VirtualDrone]

Okay right now I got xp but I want to put on a new os. The xp is installed on a 160gb hd and I have another 20gb hd. Is there someway to replaced the current os with the different os without losing any info?

 

[lhuser]

If it's Windows, it will just delete the Windows folder and write the new one.

 

[VirtualDrone]

If it's Windows, it will just delete the Windows folder and write the new one.

yeah i want to install windows tiny beast. are you sure? and do i just boot from disk and install it like i normally would?

 

[mammikoura]

yeah i want to install windows tiny beast. are you sure? and do i just boot from disk and install it like i normally would?

yep, as long as u don't delete the partition all of the files will be there. U will need to install programs again though, since after installing a new windows the registry is gone.

 

[VirtualDrone]

yep, as long as u don't delete the partition all of the files will be there. U will need to install programs again though, since after installing a new windows the registry is gone.

what do you mean I will have to install programs again? like the program folder or what?

 

[borat_sagdiyev]

yes it basically erases everything.

 

[mammikoura]

what do you mean I will have to install programs again? like the program folder or what?

for example u have installed the game battlefield 2 on ur computer. Now u install a new windows in there. Then u try to run bf 2 and it will not work. U will have to reinstall the game, and then it will start working.

 

[VirtualDrone]

for example u have installed the game battlefield 2 on ur computer. Now u install a new windows in there. Then u try to run bf 2 and it will not work. U will have to reinstall the game, and then it will start working.

okay i am confused now. does my whole hard drive get wiped? cause i don't have any cds for anything so would i have to find the cds or whatever? and what if i have a folder of music or movies, will that get wiped?

 

[borat_sagdiyev]

yes it will.

 

[mammikoura]

okay i am confused now. does my whole hard drive get wiped? cause i don't have any cds for anything so would i have to find the cds or whatever? and what if i have a folder of music or movies, will that get wiped?

hdd won't get wiped if u don't delete the partition. All of the files will be there, but when u install windows it will overwrite the registry file. All movies, music etc will work. Most of the software does need to be reinstalled, so u will need the disc for ur games and stuff like that.

I'm not sure if there is a way around this, someone might come up with something, maybe just copying the registry?