Rebuild XP without destroying your data

Windows XP often becomes bloated and full of loose ends and wacky settings; sometimes the darn thing won’t even boot up and it seems that you’re up a creek. Wouldn’t it be great if there were a way to reinstall Windows without reformatting and losing all of your data? It’s actually rather easy to do just that.

InformationWeek’s Fred Langa has a great article entitled “XP’s No-Reformat, Nondestructive Total-Rebuild Option” that can tell you how to do just that. You will need a Windows CD to do this and make sure that you print out the instructions. I would advise that you backup your system before you attempt to rebuild Windows.