You do not have to reinstall Windows if you wish to add an additional drive. If you want to be able to boot from that drive, or to replace your current boot drive, you will need to install Windows on it.
Reinstalling Windows will not erase the hard drive unless you tell it to reformat the hard drive before reinstalling the operating system. You will have to reinstall all your programs that were installed prior to reinstall but all your saved files will still be there.
if that hard drive is replacing your old hard drive so that it is the only one in there, then yes you will have to reinstall the os. However, if you are planning on adding it in addition to your old one, then you wont have to reinstall it.
A no disk error is the result of the hard drive crashing. Replace the hard drive, and reinstall the proper Windows software for the specific computer.
No, Not unless it was a "disk image"backup.
Whether or not the hard drive has Windows installed on it is irrelevant to the actual process of replacing the drive. if you want to preserve the current Windows installation, you'll need to use hard drive imaging software to copy the data from the old drive. Otherwise, you can simply replace the drive and reinstall Windows as you would normally.
If you have not used disk imaging / cloning software to transfer it to the new drive, yes. You can still reinstall with the disc, however.
This is a very vague question. It could be anything. A scratch in the Windows CD, a dirty CD ROM drive (yes, they periodically need cleaning!), hard drive failure, etc.
It depends on what for you are going to use the hard drive. If you want to use it like the system drive, then the answer is Yes, you have to reinstall everything. If you want to use it just to keep data on it, then the answer is No. Just connect to your PC and format it. You have to turn off the computer off before you will start the procedure.
I am unsure of the names but I can remember what each one does. The first one should merely reinstall windows but leave all your files where they currently are. The second one should move the current structure of your hard drive to a folder normally entitled something along the lines of "my old disk structure". It will then reinstall windows on your hard drive. The third option should completely wipe your hard drive and reinstall windows on it. If you have any files that aren't backed up then you will lose them. Dont use this option if you have any files on the computer when you use this option you will lose them!
Reinstall Windows XP from your CD or DVD set and reformat your hard drive. This will erase everything including the virus. Also, get a Mac.
you cant just remove one...you would have to reformat the whole hard drive, wipe it clean and then reinstall a fresh copy of windows...
You should save all your personal data of a separate drive (USB flash drive or external hard drive). Then deconnect it from your computer. Finaly, insert your windows CD and choose to erase all files on the drive that windows is installed.