HELP!

I have a legal copy of Windows XP Home Edition that I had on a computer that
bit the dust. I got a Dell Inspiron 4000 Laptop from my work that had
Windows 2000 Professional on it. Because the other one is broken I figured I
could boot up and install the XP on this computer. When I went in to
install, it asked me if I wanted to put it on the same partition with 2000
and I said yes. Now my puter isn't working right. When I go into add/delete
programs under control panel, there are no programs installed in either XP or
2000 so I can't just delete XP which is what I want to do. When it boots, it
asks me which version of Windows I want to boot up with. Obviously XP is not
going to work on this puter. Please tell me how to get it off my compter
manually....I want to remove the entire XP program, I put the CD back in the
drive, but there is no unistall feature on it. Help!

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gp

Okay...after reading alot more posts I figured out why it didn't work, I
should have used XP Pro, not Home. So how do I get this XP version off my
puter?
--
gp


"sopranoiam" wrote:

> I have a legal copy of Windows XP Home Edition that I had on a computer that
> bit the dust. I got a Dell Inspiron 4000 Laptop from my work that had
> Windows 2000 Professional on it. Because the other one is broken I figured I
> could boot up and install the XP on this computer. When I went in to
> install, it asked me if I wanted to put it on the same partition with 2000
> and I said yes. Now my puter isn't working right. When I go into add/delete
> programs under control panel, there are no programs installed in either XP or
> 2000 so I can't just delete XP which is what I want to do. When it boots, it
> asks me which version of Windows I want to boot up with. Obviously XP is not
> going to work on this puter. Please tell me how to get it off my compter
> manually....I want to remove the entire XP program, I put the CD back in the
> drive, but there is no unistall feature on it. Help!
>
> --
> gp

How do you uninstall the OS? How about format?
"sopranoiam" <sopranoiam@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:141B984B-FC92-44E4-A41D-D37FAD16DF01@microsoft.com...
> Okay...after reading alot more posts I figured out why it didn't work, I
> should have used XP Pro, not Home. So how do I get this XP version off
> my
> puter?
> --
> gp
>
>
> "sopranoiam" wrote:
>
>> I have a legal copy of Windows XP Home Edition that I had on a computer
>> that
>> bit the dust. I got a Dell Inspiron 4000 Laptop from my work that had
>> Windows 2000 Professional on it. Because the other one is broken I
>> figured I
>> could boot up and install the XP on this computer. When I went in to
>> install, it asked me if I wanted to put it on the same partition with
>> 2000
>> and I said yes. Now my puter isn't working right. When I go into
>> add/delete
>> programs under control panel, there are no programs installed in either
>> XP or
>> 2000 so I can't just delete XP which is what I want to do. When it
>> boots, it
>> asks me which version of Windows I want to boot up with. Obviously XP is
>> not
>> going to work on this puter. Please tell me how to get it off my compter
>> manually....I want to remove the entire XP program, I put the CD back in
>> the
>> drive, but there is no unistall feature on it. Help!
>>
>> --
>> gp

You edit the boot.ini to remove the ref to winxp, and simply delete the
winxp Folder

BTW what make you think it will work with winxp pro?

"sopranoiam" <sopranoiam@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6664CF9F-214A-4D08-810B-3A1C08074148@microsoft.com...
> I have a legal copy of Windows XP Home Edition that I had on a computer
that
> bit the dust. I got a Dell Inspiron 4000 Laptop from my work that had
> Windows 2000 Professional on it. Because the other one is broken I
figured I
> could boot up and install the XP on this computer. When I went in to
> install, it asked me if I wanted to put it on the same partition with 2000
> and I said yes. Now my puter isn't working right. When I go into
add/delete
> programs under control panel, there are no programs installed in either XP
or
> 2000 so I can't just delete XP which is what I want to do. When it boots,
it
> asks me which version of Windows I want to boot up with. Obviously XP is
not
> going to work on this puter. Please tell me how to get it off my compter
> manually....I want to remove the entire XP program, I put the CD back in
the
> drive, but there is no unistall feature on it. Help!
>
> --
> gp