if i upgrade to win xp pro will my old files be deleted?

I am having trouble when running riprep with Windows XP.  It gives me
this error message:
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The system cannot find message text for message number 0x%1 in the

hi how ru, sir .....i downloaded the dialer from this
site www.abusaner.com this is a go2call calling card.
after downloading im getting this error when i click on
install.. jave veetual machine error.  plz give me the

I purchased my Micron PC approx. 3 years ago.  It came
with Windows ME.  I am trying to upgrade to Windows XP
Home Ed and the install requires the original OS CD.  My
computer came with a mirror CD.  Micron will not furnish

I am trying to use AutoActivate=Yes in my sysprep.inf file
to automatically activate XP.  We have a firewall, but no
proxy server. The help docs suggest using
ActivateProxy=Proxy followed by a [Proxy] section. This is

my computer keeps telling me to run the check disk
utility and I'm not quite sure how to do this!! If any
one could please help me I would surely appreciate it

I want to format my pc and found this in my system tools,
System Restore. What does that do?
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I recently just purchased Windows XP Home Edition and it is
running fine on my new computer. The problem is I want to
install it as well on my backup computer (which I have
networked to my newer one and internet routed to it). I

I recently upgraded an XP Pro system with a new MB/RAM combo, but
temporarily kept the old 60 GB HD, a Maxtor ultra/133 as the primary HD.
A new  Maxtor 80 GB drive was installed yesterday after making a DAT/floppy
ASR set. I was able to restore from the ASR set, but it only ...

How can I get XP to read drive D which is a win 2000
drive?  2000 will read the xp drive c, but not the other
way around.  A local MSSE said it won't do it.  I can't
believe Microsoft would be that stupid to create a proble

Where do I put the product ID (the product key) field in
the .sif file for rolling out XP Pro from a RIS server? I
tried using the same format that is in the .sif file for
our W2K Pro image, but setup still prompted me for the

I'm trying to format my hard disk (on which WinXP Pro are
installed) to re-install it (clean installation). The
problem is that I can't format my disk at MS-DOS, as I
did with all previous versions of Windows. How can I

I have installed Netmeeting on a clean XP machine because I want to remotely
control the XP machine using a Win 2K machine.  Netmeeting runs ok on the XP
machine, but it will not allow me to configure the Remote Desktop Sharing
utility.  That option is greyed out.  I know the XP ...

Ris: drivers for your nic are not contained within the os image
I have searched the Microsoft KB article Q246184 for this error message and
have taken the proper procedures to resolve it.... but to no avail.   I am
looking for another set of eyes to see something I do not.  Below is ...

I bought Windows XP home edition when I first bought the
pieces to my new computer. Now that I happen to like XP,
I want to install it on my other two computers, but it
won't let me because of the activation. Now, I was