The date should stick, but these forums have posts where the owner didn't have a backup or plan if the data goes missing. Unplugging the drive might work, but sometimes it didn't.
Since hard disks do unexpectly "vanish", how is the backup looking today?
Bob
Hi, If I reinstall windows xp on a computer with two drives, and the second drive has important data that I want to keep, when I reinstall will I loose all my data on my other drive to?
Ie I have a C and D drive, i want to reinstall on c, but have imp. stuff on D. when i reinstall, will my files and things on d be lost? If I wont loose the data will I still be able to access my files on D after reinstall normally?

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