Formatting Windows Drive

[tgxiii]

Okay, here's the deal: I have a separate partition on my hard drive just for Windows XP Pro. I have my applications, documents, media files, etc. on other partitions. Can I format the drive with Windows XP on it, reinstall, and not run into any problems? Or would I have to reinstall my other applications also?

[Siliconjunkie]

You will have to reinstall applications that were installed on the OS you wipe.

some applications might work on the seperate drive. but for the most part like silicon said you will need to re-install them

[darrelld]

Because of the registry entries

[tgxiii]

Is there a simple way of finding out which programs need to be re-installed, or am I stuck with trial and error?

[shahani]

Even if some work, there may be some degree of instability. I'd just reinstall all applications. I generally keep the OS and applications on a 6GB primary active (bootable) partition and other stuff on separate disks/partitions.