uninstall windows xp home

[Dennis]

Hi, Can anybody help. I want to uninstall windows xp home but it does not
appear in the add or remove programs.Please keep it simple as I am not
computer literate. Thank you.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Hi, Can anybody help. I want to uninstall windows xp home but it does not
appear in the add or remove programs.Please keep it simple as I am not
computer literate. Thank you.

No, Windows won't let you saw off the branch you're sitting on . . .

The answer depends on what you want to do with our PC after
you have uninstalled Windows XP.

 

[Dennis]

Hi Pegasus, I would like to uninstall xp home and then reinstall it. I think
I have files missing that effect my computer from operating correctly. For
instance I cannot down load windows updates.

 

[Tim Slattery]

Hi, Can anybody help. I want to uninstall windows xp home but it does not
appear in the add or remove programs.Please keep it simple as I am not
computer literate. Thank you.

What do you expect to be there when you uninstall your operating
system? If you simply remove your OS, your computer becomes a doorstop
until and unless you install a new one. I doubt that's what you have
in mind.

So please tell us what's going on and what you hope to accomplish.
We'll see whether we can help you get there.

 

[Dennis]

Hi Tim, Yes that is what I want to do uninstall and then reinstall a clean xp
home

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

The standard process goes like so:
1. Save all your important files to a separate medium.
2. Save your EMail files to a separate medium.
3. Test your saved files. Can you recover them?
4. Reboot the machine.
5. Press the appropriate key to get into the BIOS.
On many machines it is the Delete key. If you don't
know, check the manual that came with your PC.
6. Set the boot order so that the machine will use the
CD drive as its first boot device, then save the change.
7. Pop in your WinXP CD.
8. Reboot the machine.
9. Follow the prompts, in particular when you get
a chance to format your hard disk.

 

[Dennis]

Hi Tim, Yes that is what I want to do uninstall and then reinstall a clean xp
home.

 

[Dennis]

OK thank Pegasus I'll try that later today.

The standard process goes like so:
1. Save all your important files to a separate medium.
2. Save your EMail files to a separate medium.
3. Test your saved files. Can you recover them?
4. Reboot the machine.
5. Press the appropriate key to get into the BIOS.
On many machines it is the Delete key. If you don't
know, check the manual that came with your PC.
6. Set the boot order so that the machine will use the
CD drive as its first boot device, then save the change.
7. Pop in your WinXP CD.
8. Reboot the machine.
9. Follow the prompts, in particular when you get
a chance to format your hard disk.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Hi, Can anybody help. I want to uninstall windows xp home but it does not
appear in the add or remove programs.Please keep it simple as I am not
computer literate. Thank you.

Answered in another newsgroup. Please do not send the same message
separately to more than one newsgroup (called multiposting). Doing so
just fragments the thread, so someone who answers in one newsgroup
doesn't get to see answers from others in another newsgroup. And for
those who read all the newsgroups the message is multiposted to, they
see the message multiple times instead of once (they would see it only
once if you correctly crossposted instead). This wastes everyone's
time, and gets you poorer help than you should get.

If you must send the same message to more than one newsgroup, please
do so by crossposting (but only to a *few* related newsgroups).

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Hi, Can anybody help. I want to uninstall windows xp home but it does not
appear in the add or remove programs.Please keep it simple as I am not
computer literate. Thank you.

The normal way to "uninstall" any operating system is to format
the hard drive and install a new OS of your choice.

Only if you performed an upgrade from Win98/Me, elected to backup
the old system files, and didn't convert the partition to NTFS, can
you then boot into Safe Mode and click Start > Control Panel

Add/Remove Programs. All of these conditions must be met for the

uninstall option to be available.


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[Bruce Chambers]

Hi Pegasus, I would like to uninstall xp home and then reinstall it. I think
I have files missing that effect my computer from operating correctly. For
instance I cannot down load windows updates.

Ah! You'd have saved time had you said that in the first post.

After backing up any data you wish to transfer to the new OS
installation,, simply boot from the WinXP Home installation CD. You'll
be offered the opportunity to delete, create, and format partitions as
part of the installation process. (You may need to re-arrange the order
of boot devices in the PC's BIOS to boot from the CD.)

HOW TO Install Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;316941

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/clean_install.htm

Then the backed up data can be restored and applications re-installed.


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Help us help you:


They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin

Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand Russell

The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has
killed a great many philosophers.
~ Denis Diderot