reinstall vista - questions before i start about reinstalling & backup data on 2nd HD

CASHMONEY_3

I want to reinstall windows vista on my PC.

I have 2 SATA hard drives (both basic disks and say "primary partition" in "computer manager":

HD 1(c:) - (Vista)

HD 2: (d:) - (contains backup & data)

Question i'd like to ask is:

if i wanted to reinstall vista on HD 1, would my backup on the HD 2 be safe from vista doing anything to it during installation as i have my backup data on that drive.

Also do i just pop the CD in the drive and follow instructions or do i have to boot from cd in the bios to reinstall?

crldnll

Hi there

If you boot from the CD - with vista you'll get an onscreen wizard, it will show you the two drives, you can then delete the data from the C drive, format and then reinstall windows. The E drive will be left as it is, unless you select otherwise.

Hope this helps

Carl

CASHMONEY_3

crldnll wrote: »

Hi there

If you boot from the CD - with vista you'll get an onscreen wizard, it will show you the two drives, you can then delete the data from the C drive, format and then reinstall windows. The E drive will be left as it is, unless you select otherwise.

Hope this helps

Carl

Carl you are a star, appreciate the reply.

Just the info i need!

Thankyou :money: