Removing Windows XP Home Edition

[Guest]

In my PC I have dual-boot installation of W 2000 Professional and W XP Home.
Now I wanted to remove XP to move it to another PC. When trying to remove XP
I first used Control Panel and Add/Remove Programs, but I only could remove
Service Pack 2. After removing it Add/Remove Programs only gave an opprtunity
to remove several upgrades but not XP itself. I then found in Knowledge Base
an article about removing XP using command line (osuninst.exe). I did as
specified but got an error message. Now XP starts but gives an error message
about Explorer.exe and then leaves the screen only with the background image.
With Ctrl-Alt-Del Task Manager opens, so I can close the PC.

What to do next? I am not very eager to format the disk as I have W 2000
still working in the PC.

 

[Guest]

Install xp cd,boot to xp cd,recovery,press enter for password,typeiskPart
In DiskPart delete the partition with xp C: Then create one,press ESC key,
now you can:FORMAT C: /FS:ntfs Or type:EXIT Leave empty,format later..

 

[Guest]

Thanks, Andrew,

but an additional problem that I forgot to mention is that I have installed
both OS's on the same partition. I only have disk C: (in addition to CD's and
floppy). This probably makes the problem somewhat more difficult. I already
decided to simply delete all files on the folder where XP lies, but have not
had the courage to do it yet. Another problem that came when I installed XP
is that now in 2000 Add/Remove Programs tells that I have no applications at
all. Obviously installing XP has removed something that knows the
applications. I have tried to re-install 2000 but the CD is a version with
SP2 and as I have upgraded to SP4 the OS does not allow the re-installation
to be done.

"Andrew E." kirjoitti:

 

[Michael Stevens]

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Thanks, Andrew,

but an additional problem that I forgot to mention is that I have
installed both OS's on the same partition. I only have disk C: (in
addition to CD's and floppy). This probably makes the problem
somewhat more difficult. I already decided to simply delete all files
on the folder where XP lies, but have not had the courage to do it
yet. Another problem that came when I installed XP is that now in
2000 Add/Remove Programs tells that I have no applications at all.
Obviously installing XP has removed something that knows the
applications. I have tried to re-install 2000 but the CD is a version
with SP2 and as I have upgraded to SP4 the OS does not allow the
re-installation to be done.

Do not ever take advice from Andrew E. He delights in causing a user to lose
all their data.
See this link.
I have two installations of Windows/Windows XP on the same partition.......
#20 on the FAQ list
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/xpfaq.html#20
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[Peter]

It's a pity Microsoft can't ban Andrew E.