Uninstall XP Home Problem

[John C.]

To make a long story short, when I installed XP Home, I
had a problem getting it to save in my "Programs File"
and being the novice I am I opened and saved in a new
file, named "PROGRAMS".
I wish to uninstall XP, but the system won't allow it,
saying it is a Windows Operating program and cannot be
deleted.
I went in to run "C:\PROGRAMS\uninst.exe" and message
appears saying "Unable to locate the installation log
file, uninstallation will not continue"
I hope someone can help me out.
Thanks

 

[Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\)]

To make a long story short, when I installed XP Home, I
had a problem getting it to save in my "Programs File"
and being the novice I am I opened and saved in a new
file, named "PROGRAMS".
I wish to uninstall XP, but the system won't allow it,
saying it is a Windows Operating program and cannot be
deleted.
I went in to run "C:\PROGRAMS\uninst.exe" and message
appears saying "Unable to locate the installation log
file, uninstallation will not continue"
I hope someone can help me out.
Thanks

Unless you installed XP as an upgrade over a previous operating system and
elected to save the old setup when the option was offered during
installation, XP cannot be uninstalled in the manner you are attempting.
You must start over as follows:
Boot with the XP CD in the drive. When you see the message on the boot
screen to "Press any key in order to boot from the CD," do so.

After loading drivers and files, you should be taken to a screen with
the following:

To Setup Windows XP now, press ENTER.
To Repair a Windows XP Installation using Recovery Console press R.
To Quit setup without installing Windows XP, press F3.

In your case, press ENTER.

Agree to the License agreement by pressing F8.

You will then be taken to a screen with two options.

To repair the selected Windows XP installation press R.
To continue installing a fresh copy of Windows XP without repairing,
press ESC.

This will bring you to a partition map where you
can delete, create and format partitions.
Select the drive you wish to format, delete the partition, then create a new
partition, format as desired and continue with XP installation.