Windows & 2 paritions

Hi,
I have installed windows xp pro on my pc. I have one hard drive of 500GB.
I have managed to break the main c drive into two partitions - my documents have been to moved to e drive.
Windows is fundamentally flawed in that the windows directory is installed into the same drive as 'my documents' files.
Therefore if someone has to reinstall windows they need will loose all their personal data.

Now I am still learning about partitions but if I reinstall windows(which I need to do)onto drive c, I presume windows once installed will recognize any ntfs/fat32 drives on the pc.

I'd really appreciate any input.

Thank you.

 

Ray, your post does not have a single question mark in it. What is/are your question(s)?

Yes, this is true.

What happened? Sounds like a botched installation. How did you go about doing this? Perhaps you actually have a double installation of Windows XP. During startup, do you get an option to choose between two OS?

 

windows should recognize any ntfs/fat32 drives/partitions upon installation...is that what you were asking?

EDIT: oops, sorry, usafveteran must of posted before i finished typing

 

Start, Right click My Documents, click Properties at the bottom. From there you can change the location of My Documents.
Helps free space when your Master is a 5 or 6 Gig HDD.
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