How to uninstall windows xp?

X

XP Girl

I need to uninstall XP, but when I go into add/remove
programs, Windows XP isn't listed. Therefore I can't
remove it. HELP!
 
P

purplehaz

You can only "uninstall" XP if you installed it as an upgrade to a previous
version of windows. If it's not listed then you did a clean install, in
which case to remove xp you will have to delete the partition and format the
harddrive.
 
S

sqr

Boot with a Windows 9X/Me floppy and run fdisk having it remove non dos
partitions.

Boot again and format the drive and install Window 3.1 again.
 
K

Ken Blake

I need to uninstall XP, but when I go into add/remove
programs, Windows XP isn't listed. Therefore I can't
remove it. HELP!


Did you install XP as an upgrade to a previous operating system
and save the old operating system's files? Unless you elected to
do that, there is nothing to go back to, and uninstallation is
therefore not possible. Your only choice would be to reformat and
clean install the older operating system.
 
R

rich

-----Original Message-----
I need to uninstall XP, but when I go into add/remove
programs, Windows XP isn't listed. Therefore I can't
remove it. HELP!

.
your post is anorexic.

1 did you install xp or did you buy a computer with xp?

2 did you upgrade or clean install xp?

3 if you upgraded did you upgrade from
95,98,98se,me,nt,2000,or xphome to xp pro?
 
J

John

-----Original Message-----



Did you install XP as an upgrade to a previous operating system
and save the old operating system's files? Unless you elected to
do that, there is nothing to go back to, and uninstallation is
therefore not possible. Your only choice would be to reformat and
clean install the older operating system.

--
Ken Blake
Please reply to the newsgroup

This one old way of doing it. If you have a disk with
fdisk on it, try using that. It works for me.
 

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