Will reinstalling window xp delete saved files?

[imported_importpsycho]

I need to reinstall xp but I want to keep some files... cough*porn*cough
if I install without formatting, will files on "desktop" still be there?
there is no way to access the harddrive without reinstalling xp
repairing doesn't work

 

[TechHead87]

Make sure they're NOT in the My Documents folder. Make a "special" (or *not-so-special*) folder on the C:/ drive and place all of your *cough*pr0n*cough* inside of it.