Uninstall Xp

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Hi! My system files were corrupted which made my computer restarts every time I log in. I then install windows xp again in another partition as I could not access the original Xp. Now I fixed the problem on restarting but I have no idea how to uninstall the OS I just installed! HELP!!
 
If you have the new copy installed on a NEW PARTITION, then go to Start>Control Panel> Administrative tools> Computer Management

In the Computer Management MMC Click on Storage, then click Disk Management. Choose the partitoon that has your old XP on it and Format it. If you want the old partion for storage, assign it a Drive letter

Hope that helps

RAG
 
I have the same problem as you, cannot uninstall or get the original XP to work. Let me know if you find a solution. Thanks, Frank
 
Hi All:

I had this same problem. My \windows\system32\drivers\etc directory was inadvertently deleted. That directory contained the imhosts.sam file which contains as I understand it the login accounts and passwords. Thus everytime I tried to login the computer would reboot!

I installed a copy of winxp pro to my winxp home machine, to a separtely named directory but on the same partition (I was unable to create a second partition bc I couldn't boot etc). Then when able to boot in pro, downloaded undelete software and restored the imhosts.sam file, rebooted to home and everything is OK.

Problem: I still have the Pro install loaded and I am worried about whatever problems that might create. Radio's solution works if it was partitioned, what if it wasn't?

Can the solution be as simple as deleting the pro directories and modifying the boot.ini file to delete the multiboot choice of pro?

Thanks for any thoughts,
 
Sorry all...should have kept reading for the following before I replied:


Subject: Re: Two XPs on One Partition 5/16/2004 3:32 PM PST

By: roger In: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support

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Hi Keith,

Hello,

I just foolishly tried to reinstall XP due to some recurring problems. Now I have two XPs on one partition because I thought that the original OS would be written over. There does not appear to be any way to run the original XP. Do you have any solutions?
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I have two installations of XP on the same partition
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/xpfaq.html#two

Good luck
 
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