Uninstall windows xp

[immorak]

What i want to do is uninstall windows xp, wipe the hard drive, and
start over.
How would i do this?

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

What i want to do is uninstall windows xp, wipe the hard drive, and
start over.
How would i do this?

Just boot from the Windows XP CD (change the BIOS boot order if necessary to
accomplish this) and follow the prompts for a clean installation (delete the
existing partition by pressing "D" when prompted, then create a new one).

You can find detailed instructions here:
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

or here http://windowsxp.mvps.org/XPClean.htm

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

However why do you want to do this? In my view, it's usually a mistake. With
a modicum of care, it should never be necessary to reinstall Windows (XP or
any other version). I've run Windows 3.0, 3.1, WFWG 3.11, Windows 95,
Windows 98, Windows 2000, and Windows XP, each for the period of time before
the next version came out, and each on two machines here. I never
reinstalled any of them, and I have never had anything more than an
occasional minor problem.

It's my belief that this mistaken notion stems from the technical support
people at many of the larger OEMs. Their solution to almost any problem they
don't quickly know the answer to is "reformat and reinstall." That's the
perfect solution for them. It gets you off the phone quickly, it almost
always works, and it doesn't require them to do any real troubleshooting (a
skill that most of them obviously don't possess in any great degree).

But it leaves you with all the work and all the problems. You have to
restore all your data backups, you have to reinstall all your programs, you
have to reinstall all the Windows and application updates,you have to locate
and install all the needed drivers for your system, you have to recustomize
Windows and all your apps to work the way you're comfortable with.

Besides all those things being time-consuming and troublesome, you may have
trouble with some of them: can you find all your application CDs? Can you
find all the needed installation codes? Do you have data backups to restore?
Do you even remember all the customizations and tweaks you may have
installed to make everything work the way you like? Occasionally there are
problems that are so difficult to solve that Windows should be reinstalled
cleanly. But they are few and far between; reinstallation should not be a
substitute for troubleshooting; it should be a last resort, to be done only
after all other attempts at troubleshooting by a qualified person have
failed.

If you have problems, post them here; it's likely that someone can help you
and a reinstallation won't be required.

 

[Lol]

What i want to do is uninstall windows xp, wipe the hard drive, and
start over.
How would i do this?

Duh1 You want a snake to eat itself, starting with the tail?
(Skip step 1!).
Lol

 

[SAM-R]

It's been a while since I did this but here goes.
Make sure your BIOS is set to boot your CD/DVD drive 1st.
Put your XP CD in your CD/DVD drive and reboot.
Your XP CD will load and you should be able to see the option to format and
install.

 

[Mike Hall - MS MVP Windows Shell/User]

If your computer was supplied with XP pre-installed, use the recovery media
supplied, or contact the vendor with a view to obtaining the media and
instructions on how to use it..

 

[Bruce Chambers]

What i want to do is uninstall windows xp, wipe the hard drive, and
start over.
How would i do this?

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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[Frank]

immorak wrote:
|| What i want to do is uninstall windows xp, wipe the hard drive, and
|| start over.
|| How would i do this?

There are too many variables to answer this question correctly.
(preinstalled, drivers, applications, partitions((some installs are in
hidden partitions)) etc. etc.