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Originally Posted by JSWolf
So if you have your volume ID as unlabeled, leave it that way after to reformat right?
But to be honest, there's no reason to reformat and mess things up. I've reinstalled XP before and NEVER reformatted. All I did wasd rename Windows, Program Files, and Documents and Settings and then reinstalled the OS. That way, I was able to keep all the data on the drive and get back anything I needed.
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It's not the label that matters, it's the Volume Serial Number - this is randomly assigned any time you format the partition, but can be manually set as it's just a number stored in one of the root blocks. I don't think anything really pays attention to the label, that's just there for your own use.