Hi, I have windows 2000 professional on my computer. I have music and video files in my "My Documents" folder and some video files in separate folders in my C drive. If I do a repair reinstall, would those files be deleted? What about with a clean reinstall? Thanks

A clean install will remove your files. A repair shouldn't but you never know. Copy all your files to an external HD before you do anything.

Does your computer currently boot to Win2000?

You asked a straight question and didn't get a straight answer. The whole point of a repair install is to not touch your data but to repair the malfunctioning OS. Imagine the power of knowing how to internet search http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/Teachin...

wanderer I asked because there is always a chance of data loss. I am also unsure if Win2000 preserves the My Documents folder or any software installed on the same partition. For that matter will repairing in W2k break the link between the programs and Windows.

There is always a chance of data loss unrelated to doing a repair reinstall. Having done repair installs My Docs as well as programs were not touched. This is not to say if you had a virus that had damaged your registry, so programs were already broken, that a repair reinstall would fix them. It wouldn't. You would need to reinstall the apps. The question was would a repair reinstall lose the files in my docs and user created directories. The answer is no. The question of would a new install delete my docs, since it was new is obvious, the answer is yes for any system made folders or if the drive was formatted. A new install without format would not touch user created folders. Imagine the power of knowing how to internet search http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/Teachin...

wanderer OK then, thanks for the clarification.