Uninstall of Windows XP Home Edition

[Guest]

When I installed Windows XP Home Edition I converted from FAT to NTFS.
I need to know if I can uninstall Windowns XP Home Edition so that I can
install windows 98.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

When I installed Windows XP Home Edition I converted from FAT to NTFS.
I need to know if I can uninstall Windowns XP Home Edition so that I
can install windows 98.

No - but you can delete the partition (and everything on it) and reinstall
Windows 98 if you wish.
Any reason you are going back to Windows 98 over Windows XP?

 

[T. Waters]

When I installed Windows XP Home Edition I converted from FAT to NTFS.
I need to know if I can uninstall Windowns XP Home Edition so that I
can install windows 98.

You will have to reformat your hard drive in order to go back to Win 98.
This has nothing to do with FAT vs NTFS.
If you have an empty partition or extra hard drive, you can have Win 98
there, in addition to your XP Home on the main drive/partition.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

How to Use the Fdisk Tool and the Format Tool to Partition
or Repartition a Hard Disk
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;255867

1. Delete the Windows XP partition.
2. Create a new partition.
3. Format the new partition FAT32.
4. Install your desired Operating System.

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Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
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| When I installed Windows XP Home Edition I converted from FAT to NTFS.
| I need to know if I can uninstall Windowns XP Home Edition so that I can
| install windows 98.


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[Shenan Stanley]

When I installed Windows XP Home Edition I converted from FAT to
NTFS. I need to know if I can uninstall Windowns XP Home Edition so
that I can install windows 98.

You will have to reformat your hard drive in order to go back to Win
98. This has nothing to do with FAT vs NTFS.
If you have an empty partition or extra hard drive, you can have Win
98 there, in addition to your XP Home on the main drive/partition.

You stated that "This has nothing to do with FAT vs NTFS." --> but in fact,
it has everything to do with it *if* the OP upgraded from Windows 98
originally and just did not express that clearly.

How to uninstall Windows XP and revert to a previous operating system
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/303661

Once the file system is converted to NTFS - you cannot go back to an OS that
would be unable to use it - and that actually includes all previous OSes -
since the revision of NTFS is different in Windows XP than prior OSes
(Windows NT, Windows 2000.)

Also, the user could not just "add" a Windows 98 install now that they have
converted to NTFS - unless (MAYBE) they start using some third party boot
manager... correct? They would have to format and install Windows 98 first.

Definitively, if they want to install Windows 98 now and get rid of Windows
XP completely - they will be formatting, installing Windows 98 and all of
their applications.

 

[T. Waters]

You stated that "This has nothing to do with FAT vs NTFS." --> but in
fact, it has everything to do with it *if* the OP upgraded from
Windows 98 originally and just did not express that clearly.

How to uninstall Windows XP and revert to a previous operating system
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/303661

Once the file system is converted to NTFS - you cannot go back to an
OS that would be unable to use it - and that actually includes all
previous OSes - since the revision of NTFS is different in Windows XP
than prior OSes (Windows NT, Windows 2000.)

Also, the user could not just "add" a Windows 98 install now that
they have converted to NTFS - unless (MAYBE) they start using some
third party boot manager... correct? They would have to format and
install Windows 98 first.

Definitively, if they want to install Windows 98 now and get rid of
Windows XP completely - they will be formatting, installing Windows
98 and all of their applications.

Right you are. These are important considerations.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Right you are. These are important considerations.

I was just verifying what I thought was right..
Hopefully if someone does search for this, they will see all those things.
=)