How do I uninstall XP!!!

[DanS]

Papa

ok, here are the specifics:

I am running a amd 64 3000+, seagate sata 160's (2) as a raid 0, with
512 mb,

my ugrade took about 10 iterations to install, after installing sp2 i
removed i after receiving DEP errors on window' explorer,

the last set of critical updates resulted in leaving me with NO taskbar
or startmenu!

when i attempt to run installed programs error msg: "the current
application configuration is not valid"

this is why i am attempting to rid myself of xp since the only solution
that MS says is to do a parallel install

my programs are there, but it appears that my registry is afu
good luck

so what about if you install an application. does it then work properly ?
uh....which leads me to ask a question. You say you upgraded Windows 98,
so I'm just verifying that that is indeed what you did. the installation
program finds Win98 than asks if you want to upgrade the current
installation or install to a new directory. You are saying you absolutely
chose 'upgrade this installation', versus 'new location' ?

but digging deeper into the whole situation, why don't you just blow away
the entire hard drive and do a fresh, clean install. from what you've
said in the previous posts, this seems to be the best option. or you can
just re-install the application's that don't work, to restore their
registry settings, if indeed that is the problem.

the question that REALLY needs to be answered, why would you go thru the
trouble of this excercise when you're just going to be installing Linux
on this PC anyway ? you can't complain about a 'fresh' install of XP or
having to re-install all of you're apps, since you will blow them away
for Linux anyway.

regards,

DanS

 

[Papa]

What exactly was the wording of any error messages. Did you build the system
yourself? If not, did your new system come with Windows XP pre-installed? If
so, was your computer running normally when you first turned it on. If not,
why didn't you just take it back to where you purchased it for a refund?

Anyway, it sounds like your system is really messed up at this point. You
can take it back to the place where you purchased it and ask them to fix it,
or give you a refund. Otherwise I suggest that you do a clean install of the
OS (remove all partitions, create a new partition, format your hard drive as
NTFS, and then install XP). After that, get a copy of Service Pack 2
(download it or have Microsoft mail it to you - it is free) and install it.
Forget Service Pack 1 because SP2 includes it.

Then, if you are still having problems you might consider doing a "bare
bones" test to try and isolate any device failures. A bare bones test begins
by disconnecting everything from the motherboard except the video card,
power supply, and one memory chip. Even better, also remove the motherboard
from the case to eliminate the possibility of a short to the case. Then
momentarily short across the motherboard power switch pins to start up the
system and see if it will boot up. If it does, keep adding devices until a
problem occurs.

Good luck.

 

[Miss Perspicacia Tick]

You are unable to fix problems in XP, so rather than come into here
asking how to fix it, you postulate about reverting to W98.. wise
move.. backwards, but for you a good one.. pardon me while I
chuckle.. then you threaten, nay promise to move to Linux?.. having
shot yourself in one foot, you now take careful aim at the other..
way to go.. did somebody tell you there are less problems with
Linux?.. you'll have me laughing soon.. have you ever been to a Linux
newsgroup?.. you should before acting like a regular buffoon in here..

Sorry, Mike, but this is one of my all-time greatest pet grammar peeves

"did someone tell you there were less problems with Linux" should read "did
someone tell you there were *fewer* problems with Linux".

Why?

Because problems is plural - fewer should always be used with plural nouns -
example "in summer we wear fewer clothes" or "less clothing" (clothing is a
verbal noun and, therefore, singular).

Supermarkets are the worst offenders (the Queen's English Society once wrote
to all the major UK supermarkets demanding - politely of course! - that they
change their checkout signs you know the ones 'eight items or less' - to,
correctly, read 'eight items or /fewer/')

See http://open-dictionary.com/Fewer.

Sorry, but I'm a pedant and damned proud of it!

 

[Mike Hall]

Sorry, Mike, but this is one of my all-time greatest pet grammar peeves

"did someone tell you there were less problems with Linux" should read
"did someone tell you there were *fewer* problems with Linux".

Why?

Because problems is plural - fewer should always be used with plural
nouns - example "in summer we wear fewer clothes" or "less clothing"
(clothing is a verbal noun and, therefore, singular).

Supermarkets are the worst offenders (the Queen's English Society once
wrote to all the major UK supermarkets demanding - politely of course! -
that they change their checkout signs you know the ones 'eight items or
less' - to, correctly, read 'eight items or /fewer/')

See http://open-dictionary.com/Fewer.

Sorry, but I'm a pedant and damned proud of it!

This is what comes of being away too long.. I have picked up a few bad
habits since being in Canada.. .. eh..

 

[p_davis]

yes i built the system myself and the majority of the xp problems
occurred when i installed sp2. after i uninstalled sp2 the system was
running, however after the install of the 22 critical updates xp became
totaly unstable.

 

[Richard Urban]

I am very surprised to hear that you ran Windows 98 on a 64 bit processor.
How did it work? (-;

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Regards:

Richard Urban

aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard

If you knew half as much as you think you know,
You'd realize you didn't know what you thought you knew!

 

[p_davis]

it ran great better than on xp

 

[p_davis]

i am going to tro to load Suse 9.2 Pro, as soon as I get the distro's

 

[Papa]

Good luck.

 

[Comp Tech]

Just out of curiousity, Why do you want to use Win98 to prepare for Linux?? You don't need any Windows products installed at all for Linux to install and run. You will definitely need a college education (or higher) to run your "Linux" properly. With Windows, anyone with fingers can run, install, screw-up, rebuild, tear-down, (etc.) Windows anytime they want.
By the way......... http://www.linux.org
There you go. Have at it

 

[Miss Perspicacia Tick]

Just out of curiousity, Why do you want to use Win98 to prepare for
Linux?? You don't need any Windows products installed at all for
Linux to install and run. You will definitely need a college
education (or higher) to run your "Linux" properly. With Windows,
anyone with fingers can run, install, screw-up, rebuild, tear-down,
(etc.) Windows anytime they want.
By the way......... http://www.linux.org
There you go. Have at it

Please lose the HTML. It only serves to bloat your messages.

 

[p_davis]

What makes u thin that I don't have the experience and/or background to
run linux! I have been using Windows for over 20 yrs with no problem
up until NOW!. Right now it has become self evident that you don't
need "fingers to run, install, screw-up, rebuild or tear-down Windows"
ALL you need is a Computer configuration which XP doesn't like and it
will DO IT for you ALL by itself!!!!

The reason for 98 SE would be so that i would be able to backup my
programs and file since me dvd r/w and tape drive aree inop thanks to
xp!!

 

[Mike Hall]

If you can't fix a few problems in XP, you don't have a hope in hell of
running Linux successfully.. I am also interested to know what version of
Windows you used over 20 years ago, bearing in mind that Windows 1 didn't
reach the stores before November 1985.. prior to that, one had the choice of
the Xerox Star ($32000) or Apple Lisa ($10000)..

 

[Papa]

If you can't fix a few problems in XP, you don't have a hope in hell of
running Linux successfully.. I am also interested to know what version of
Windows you used over 20 years ago, bearing in mind that Windows 1 didn't
reach the stores before November 1985.. prior to that, one had the choice
of the Xerox Star ($32000) or Apple Lisa ($10000)..

Agreed, Mike. Her reaction is typical. People get into trouble in Windows,
can't fix the problem, perhaps have inappropriate hardware installed, then
decide to switch to Linux or some other non-microsoft operating system. The
thing they probably have not given much thought to is that ANY OS can be
problematic unless the hardware and software is a good fit, and unless the
user takes correct, informed steps in setting it up.

By the way, the exact date for the release of Windows 1 was November 20th
1985. Maybe she was using a Commodore Pet or a Radio Shack "Trash" 80. ;>)

 

[Guest]

I too would like to uninstall XP.

My son is taking a correspondance progam which requires him to use ME. We
have had SE upgraded to ME and then to XP...however I need to uninstall XP
and go back to ME.

What can we do?

sp

 

[UncleFrank]

your son should look for another course.
ME is five years old.

 

[carl]

can you not run XP in compatability mode for Win ME ?

 

[J&P]

can you not run XP in compatability mode for Win ME ?

Or have enough room on your HD for creating a separate partition for
installing ME and thereby leave your XP intact?

Regards
Joe Steele

 

[Guest]

How do I uninstall xp pro sp1 and revert back to 98se and retain my
registry??

I have had it with microsoft!!! their support and software is
horrendous!!!

try linux : www.mandrake.com, www.debain.org, www.redhat.com

 

[Bruce Chambers]

I too would like to uninstall XP.

My son is taking a correspondance progam which requires him to use ME. We
have had SE upgraded to ME and then to XP...however I need to uninstall XP
and go back to ME.

What can we do?

sp

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

Only if you performed an upgrade from Win98/Me, elected to backup
the old system files, and didn't convert the partition to NTFS, can
you then boot into Safe Mode and click Start > Control Panel

Add/Remove Programs. All of these conditions must be met for the

uninstall option to be available.

Otherwise:

Simply boot from the WinXP installation CD. You'll be offered the
opportunity to delete, create, and format partitions as part of the
installation process. (You may need to re-arrange the order of boot
devices in the PC's BIOS to boot from the CD.)

HOW TO Install Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;316941

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/clean_install.htm

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