[Alison]

I've had a bit of a problem with my computer and I was going to re-install
Windows.

I get to the section asking which partition I want to install it on and get
a bit stuck. I'm given the option of one partition, which is FAT and is only
about 32MB in size and this is too small. The next one is NTFS and is about
69MB. When I select this option, it tells me there is another operating
system installed (I take it the original version of Windows). When I select
this option, it tells me that the operating system might not run because of
the existing one.

If I just select this, will the re-installed Windows not just overwrite the
original one, or will I be left with duplicate files and vitually two
versions running?

Thanks in advance.

Alison

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"Alison" wrote:

| I've had a bit of a problem with my computer and I was going to re-install
| Windows.
|
| I get to the section asking which partition I want to install it on and get
| a bit stuck. I'm given the option of one partition, which is FAT and is only
| about 32MB in size and this is too small. The next one is NTFS and is about
| 69MB. When I select this option, it tells me there is another operating
| system installed (I take it the original version of Windows). When I select
| this option, it tells me that the operating system might not run because of
| the existing one.
|
| If I just select this, will the re-installed Windows not just overwrite the
| original one, or will I be left with duplicate files and vitually two
| versions running?
|
| Thanks in advance.
|
| Alison