# Reinstall XP without loosing any files

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**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\
**Created:** [August 21, 2006, 11:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/reinstall-xp-without-loosing-any-files/16246 "2006-08-21T11:30:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2006, 11:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/reinstall-xp-without-loosing-any-files/16246/5 "2006-08-21T11:51:04Z")

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no its talking about a full reinstall via xp cd.  
This works great as long as you don’t try to repair SP2 with an SP1 CD. That was ugly.

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