Will dates change with reinstall?

If I have multiple hard drives with data on them and I reinstall my OS (Win
XP pro) on a different hard drive, will the date created and date modified
columns remain as they were? I seem to think they would, but want to double
check first. Thanks much.

I've reinstalled my xp many times and the files on my 2nd hard drive remains
unchanged. The only thing changed was the 'Date Accessed'.


regards,
vin

"Mark G." <askmefirst@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> If I have multiple hard drives with data on them and I reinstall my OS
> (Win XP pro) on a different hard drive, will the date created and date
> modified columns remain as they were? I seem to think they would, but want
> to double check first. Thanks much.
>

.... also applies to files on my 2nd partition on the same hard disk as the
OS.

regards
vin
"vin" <tac603@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I've reinstalled my xp many times and the files on my 2nd hard drive
> remains unchanged. The only thing changed was the 'Date Accessed'.
>
>
> regards,
> vin
>
> "Mark G." <askmefirst@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:ukQciXp9HHA.2752@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> If I have multiple hard drives with data on them and I reinstall my OS
>> (Win XP pro) on a different hard drive, will the date created and date
>> modified columns remain as they were? I seem to think they would, but
>> want to double check first. Thanks much.
>>
>
>

On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 23:10:34 -0700, "Mark G." <askmefirst@comcast.net>
wrote:

> If I have multiple hard drives with data on them and I reinstall my OS (Win
> XP pro) on a different hard drive, will the date created and date modified
> columns remain as they were? I seem to think they would, but want to double
> check first. Thanks much.


Reinstalling Windows on one hard drive has *no* effect on any files on
any other hard drives.

It doesn't even have any effect on any other partitions on the same
drive, unless you tell it to reformat the entire drive, not just the
partition Windows is on.


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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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