Will this wipe all the files on my computer?

Question

I've got a disc I'm about to use to reinstall the OS on to my desktop computer. Will it wipe all my files and everything that I have on there or keep them but just update the OS?

I've tried transferring all my files from my computer to my laptop but...

1) I've ran out of DVD and CD discs.

2) My desktop computer HDD is much larger than my laptop HDD and so I *still* can't fit ALL of the stuff that I want to fit onto my laptop from my computer.

Any ideas? :-)

Answer 1

If you reinstall the OS - yes you will lose the files.

You can buy an external portable hard drive - 250 GB for £60.  That will be more than big enough for your files including movies.  You will need your original program disks in order to reinstall those.