Uninstalling XP to reinstall

[Dan]

Hey All

I was just wondering if anyone can give me some advice on
the best way to Uninstall Win XP then reinstall it. It's
the Upgrade version of the Home edtion. It was a clean
install when it was first done.

Please E mail me direct at (e-mail address removed)

Thank you

Dan

 

[Will Denny]

Hi Dan

If you have a qualifying CD from a previous version of Windows have a look
at the following article by MVP Michael Stevens:

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

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Will Denny
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
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| Hey All
|
| I was just wondering if anyone can give me some advice on
| the best way to Uninstall Win XP then reinstall it. It's
| the Upgrade version of the Home edtion. It was a clean
| install when it was first done.
|
| Please E mail me direct at (e-mail address removed)
|
| Thank you
|
| Dan

 

[Dan]

when I follow all the steps in this article will this
wipe the hard drive clean and start over and re-partion
the drive?

Dan

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

It will clear the hard disk and give you the option to partition, yes.

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Will Denny
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
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| when I follow all the steps in this article will this
| wipe the hard drive clean and start over and re-partion
| the drive?
|
| Dan
| >-----Original Message-----
| >Hi Dan
| >
| >If you have a qualifying CD from a previous version of
| Windows have a look
| >at the following article by MVP Michael Stevens:
| >
| >"Clean Install Windows XP"
| >http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
| >
| >--
| >
| >Will Denny
| >MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
| >Please reply to the News Groups
| >
| >
| message
| >| >| Hey All
| >|
| >| I was just wondering if anyone can give me some advice
| on
| >| the best way to Uninstall Win XP then reinstall it.
| It's
| >| the Upgrade version of the Home edtion. It was a clean
| >| install when it was first done.
| >|
| >| Please E mail me direct at (e-mail address removed)
| >|
| >| Thank you
| >|
| >| Dan
| >
| >.
| >

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

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I was just wondering if anyone can give me some advice on
the best way to Uninstall Win XP then reinstall it. It's
the Upgrade version of the Home edtion. It was a clean
install when it was first done.

Just boot from the Windows XP CD and follow the prompts for a
clean installation. It will do the reformat for you.

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

However why do you want to do this? 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.

Please E mail me direct at (e-mail address removed)

Sorry, no. No E-mail spport.

 

[Alex Nichol]

I was just wondering if anyone can give me some advice on
the best way to Uninstall Win XP then reinstall it. It's
the Upgrade version of the Home edtion. It was a clean
install when it was first done.

You do it as part of a reinstall of the system after booting the XP CD
direct. Enter Setup, and after the license agreement take New Install.
When it asks you to confirm where, hit ESC; select and delete the
current partition and make a new RAW one to be formatted at the next
stage

The important point is the delete. Without that it will just go ahead
and make a new install over the top of the old one

You will have to show it a CD of a qualifying product, as the first time