Return to previous OS?

[Bob Cunningham]

I have a book* that tells me

Windows XP brings a thoughtful feature to the table
when you upgrade from Windows 9x/SE/Me. This new
feature is the ability to uninstall Windows XP and
return to the previous OS.

That sounds like something I might want to do. However, I
haven't yet found any instruction for doing it. I installed
XP over W98. Can someone please tell me the steps I must
take to return to Windows 98 from my present XP status?

I've installed the Backup utility from the XP Upgrade
distribution disk.

I found a remark in the same book about "ASR", for
"Automatic System Restore". I hope that's not what I'm
supposed to use, because the book says ASR is not available
on WXP Home Edition.

* Cowart, Robert and Knittel, Bryan: _Using Microsoft
Windows XP Home Edition_, Copyright 2003 by Que Publishing,
ISBN 0-7897-2851-6.

 

[Mike Brannigan [MSFT]]

Bob,

Go to add remove programs and IF you chose to save previous files to allow
an uninstall then you will have an option there to remove Windows XP.

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[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

If you performed an upgrade from Win98/Me, elected to backup the
old system files, and didn't convert the partition to NTFS, then all
you need do is boot into Safe Mode and Start > Control Panel >
Add/Remove Programs. All of these conditions _must_ be met for the
uninstall option to be available.

Otherwise:

How to Manually Remove Win XP and Restore Win9x
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q314052


Bruce Chambers

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[Alex Nichol]

Windows XP brings a thoughtful feature to the table
when you upgrade from Windows 9x/SE/Me. This new
feature is the ability to uninstall Windows XP and
return to the previous OS.

That sounds like something I might want to do. However, I
haven't yet found any instruction for doing it. I installed
XP over W98. Can someone please tell me the steps I must
take to return to Windows 98 from my present XP status?

If
You installed by running the CD from the In9x system, taking Upgrade
and
In that accepted the recommendation to save system files and have not
deleted them
and
Have not subsequently converted the drive to NTFS

Then there will be an 'Uninstall Windows' in Add/remove programs
That will take you back to the Win9x as at the time you upgraded - any
programs and hardware drivers installed subsequently will not be there

There is also BTW an alternative offered - to remove the backed up files