Need to help friend uninstall windows XP

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My friend has an older dell notebook with Windows XP installed and he has an operating disk and a driver and application disk but none of those seem to have the ability to give you uninstall everything command ... and then reinstall .... so does windows Xp have a command prompt like windows 98 did so that i can force it to wipe out system and if i did would i just be able to put his windows cd in and reinstall ???? please helppppppppppppppp

 

[t.cruise]

Previously posted by Carey Frisch MVP:

The Windows XP CD is bootable and contains all the tools necessary
to partition and format your drive. Follow this procedure and allow
Windows XP to partition and format your drive:

NOTE: It would be best to physically disconnect all your peripheral hardware
devices, except the monitor, mouse and keyboard, before installing XP.

1. Open your BIOS and set your "CD Drive as the first bootable device".

===> Accessing Motherboard BIOS
===> http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/bios_manufacturer.htm

2. Insert your Windows XP CD in the CD Drive and reboot your computer.
3. You'll see a message to boot to the CD....follow the instructions.
4. The setup menu will appear and you should elect to delete the existing
Windows partitions, then create a new partition, then format the primary
partition (preferably NTFS) and proceed to install Windows XP.

5. Clean Install Windows XP
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

[Courtesy of Michael Stevens, MS-MVP]

6. ==> Immediately after installing Windows XP, turn on XP's Firewall.
==> http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

7. After Windows XP is installed, visit the Windows Update website
and download the available "Critical Updates".

8. After installing the critical updates, be sure and visit the support website
of the manufacturer of the computer to download and install any
available Windows XP compatible drivers, such as video adapter
and audio drivers.

9. If you happen to run into any installation difficulties, use the following
resources:

How to Troubleshoot Windows XP Problems During Installation
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;310064

Troubleshooting Windows XP Setup
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_setup.htm

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Kelly Theriot]

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My friend has an older dell notebook with Windows XP installed and he has an operating

disk and a driver and application disk but none of those seem to have the ability to give
you uninstall everything command ... and then reinstall .... so does windows Xp have a
command prompt like windows 98 did so that i can force it to wipe out system and if i did
would i just be able to put his windows cd in and reinstall ???? please helppppppppppppppp

 

[madmax]

My friend has an older dell notebook with Windows XP installed and he has an operating disk and a driver and application disk but none of those seem to have the ability to give you uninstall everything command ... and then reinstall .... so does windows Xp have a command prompt like windows 98 did so that i can force it to wipe out system and if i did would i just be able to put his windows cd in and reinstall ???? please helppppppppppppppp

Boot from the CD,follow prompts.By the way,what is the real problem?
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[Guest]

Here we go again. Dell recovery disks can only be explained by Dell themselves. They appear not to be complete XP disks from the number of posts I see here on this subject. Dell appears not to care that so many are having problems. Dell is only one letter different than Hell and both places seem not to care too much about the souls lost in their world. }:~)

 

[S.Sengupta]

your friend has the operating disk that will do.Configure your computer
to start from the CD-ROM drive.Further detailed explanation:-

To clean install,see:

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

to repair install:-

Perform an In-Place Upgrade (Reinstallation) of Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q315341


http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

regards,
ssg MS-MVP
pronetworks.org

 

[t.cruise]

All of my Dell systems, and those of my clients, DO NOT HAVE RECOVERY DISKS. They have
Dell OEM Windows XP CDs, which boot, and seem to have all of the same options as a retail
Windows XP CD. They even have the \VALUEADD\MSFT\NTBACKUP folder which some OEM Windows
XP CDs don't include.

I won't debate Dell's using it's old stats for being number one in tech support. From
experience, since they farmed out the tech support to India, it's not been as good as it
was. I have no complaints about Dell as far as what they give for the $ with their
"Advertised Specials." Catch them on a week when they give the most freebies, and it's a
good deal. The week that I purchased my last system, there was free double memory, free
CD-RW drive and third party software for it, free flat panel monitor, free shipping, and a
$100 mail in rebate.
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Here we go again. Dell recovery disks can only be explained by Dell themselves. They

appear not to be complete XP disks from the number of posts I see here on this subject.
Dell appears not to care that so many are having problems. Dell is only one letter
different than Hell and both places seem not to care too much about the souls lost in
their world. }:~)

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

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


Bruce Chambers
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My friend has an older dell notebook with Windows XP installed and

he has an operating disk and a driver and application disk but none of
those seem to have the ability to give you uninstall everything
command ... and then reinstall .... so does windows Xp have a command
prompt like windows 98 did so that i can force it to wipe out system
and if i did would i just be able to put his windows cd in and
reinstall ???? please helppppppppppppppp

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Dell provides a real installation CD that has all of the
capabilities of a retail installation CD, with the single exception of
being transferable to another computer. Perhaps you should learn more
about computers and give the cutesy word games a rest.


Bruce Chambers
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You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
having both at once. - RAH

Here we go again. Dell recovery disks can only be explained by Dell

themselves. They appear not to be complete XP disks from the number of
posts I see here on this subject. Dell appears not to care that so
many are having problems. Dell is only one letter different than Hell
and both places seem not to care too much about the souls lost in
their world. }:~)