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Removing OS from HDD

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IksokChoy

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I am installing a 80Gb HDD w/Win2k on it as a backup or slave. What is the best way to remove the OS without removing the other files and data??
 
Ideally, use a separate partition for the OS so that you can replace it as you like without touching your other files.
In your case, the best thing is probably to make a copy of the drive's contents and then place the files back on the system when you've installed the new OS.
 
Ideally, use a separate partition for the OS so that you can replace it as you like without touching your other files.
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Thanks ! That makes sense
 
I would personally use your backup drive to install a separate OS, either *nix, or Windows and also create a separate partition on it. The separate partition is for important data, and the separate OS is in case your main OS goes kaboom, and you need to keep working on something. Plus, it also allows you to play with different OS's.
 
What if one has 2 OS's on one hd...say XP & Linux. There's a mbr installed when linux is installed for boot choices, but i've experienced that if the other OS is uninstalled, so is the mbr. Is there a way to prevent this?
 
you can just set it so that you linux boot loader in installed in the MBR of one disk and the MBR of XP in the other, and then you can just choose which drive to boot out of, Either through bios, or through the NTLDR.
 
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