If i reinstall Windows XP (Home) Service pack 2 will it delete my current files?
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It depends on what you're doing.
If you have an XP Service Pack 2 update CD, go ahead and use it. The SP2 update doesn't care whether you have the Home or Professional version of XP.
If you have the full-blown installation CD of XP Home SP2, I would recommend that you have the disk reformat your hard drive first instead of trying to install Home on top of Pro. In that case, yes it will delete your files, so you'll need to back up your data first.
However: There really isn't any benefit from switching from the Professional version to the Home version. Since you already have XP Pro SP1, I recommend you just upgrade your existing installation to SP2. You can visit Microsoft's website and download the upgrade, or you can order the CD from Microsoft (link below).
If you know someone who already has an SP2 upgrade CD, go ahead and burn a copy of theirs and then do your own upgrade. Microsoft actually encourages sharing of the SP2 upgrade, so there's no licensing or copyright violation if all you're copying is the SP2 upgrade.
It will ask you if you want to reformat your hard drive, just simply say no.
I recommend you to copy this folder to another partition "Documents and Settings".
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