Ininstall Windows XP

[Mary-Lou]

I would like to uninstall XP and reinstall it. However,
I cannot find it in my install/uninstall in control
panel. When I search for it I am told to see uninstall
XOX and cannot find it either. How can I uninstall
Windows XP without using control panel.
Thanks for your help.
Mary-Lou

 

[Melissa]

I would like to uninstall XP and reinstall it. However,
I cannot find it in my install/uninstall in control
panel. When I search for it I am told to see uninstall
XOX and cannot find it either. How can I uninstall
Windows XP without using control panel.
Thanks for your help.
Mary-Lou

You can't ask an OS to uninstall itself. If what you want is a clean
install, then go here and follow instruction.
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
If you want to repair the XP installation, then go here and follow
instructions.
http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

Are you sure that you need to uninstall and reinstall XP to fix whatever
your problem is?

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

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I would like to uninstall XP and reinstall it. However,
I cannot find it in my install/uninstall in control
panel. When I search for it I am told to see uninstall
XOX and cannot find it either. How can I uninstall
Windows XP without using control panel.

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

 

[Steve C. Ray]

You can't uninstall XP. What are you trying to do? You have options other
than reinstalling if you are having problems. Repost with your specific
problem and someone will help.

 

[Alex Nichol]

I would like to uninstall XP and reinstall it. However,
I cannot find it in my install/uninstall in control
panel. When I search for it I am told to see uninstall
XOX and cannot find it either. How can I uninstall
Windows XP without using control panel.

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 but lose all
associations of installed software

Note that delete means it - you will delete all installed programs and
data. For that reason it is usually better to do a repair installation
instead of New Install, which will rebuild the OS without losing those
other things. But you should backup critical data first anyway - just
in case.