Uninstall XP

  • Thread starter Thread starter Jack
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Hi

What problem(s) have you got that need an uninstall? If XP was installed as
an 'upgrade' and you opted to save the uninstall files, there should be an
entry in Add/Remove Programs. If XP came pre-installed you will probably
have to reformat.

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| How does one uninstall XP ?
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| I cannt find instructions
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| thanks
 
Erh... What are you going to have instead? You must have a operating system
to actually "use" the computer...

// Chen
 
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Jack said:
How does one uninstall XP ?
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As a general rule, you *can't* uninstall an operating system. You
have to reformat the drive and install another operating system
cleanly.

There's an exception to that, however. If you did an upgrade from
Windows 98 or Me, and took the option to save the previous
operating system and also did not convert your drive to NTFS,
then you can find an entry in Add/Remove Programs. Clicking on
that will uninstall Windows XP and revert to the previous
operating system.

If there's no entry in Add/Remove Programs, then one or more of
those conditions wasn't met, and your only choice is to reformat
and install whatever operating system you want cleanly.
 
Greetings --

The normal way to "uninstall" _any_ operating system is to format
the hard drive and install a new OS of your choice.

However, if you performed an upgrade from Win98/Me, elected to
backup the old system files, and didn't convert the partition to NTFS,
then all you need do is boot into Safe Mode and Start > Control Panel
Add/Remove Programs. All of these conditions _must_ be met for the
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uninstall option to be available.

Otherwise:

How to Manually Remove Win XP and Restore Win9x
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q314052


Bruce Chambers
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