uninstall XPHome

[John]

Hello,

Hallo,

Bought a second-hand PC with a german version of XPHome. I wanted to
overwrite this installation with a VS XPpro version but although I formatted
the C drive and
did the installation, the XPHome still remained and now I have the two
versions side by side.

How do I uninstall the XPHome version without damaging XPPro?

Thanx, John

 

[Guest]

Hi,

If you formatted the drive the XP Home should be gone..
Does it just list it in a boot menu during start up?
If it does and you select XP Home does it load XP home or does it load XP Pro?
Also do you have more than one drive in your PC?

Regards
Paul Mckenna

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

John;
Did you also delete the partition?
Follow this for a Clean Installation:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/cleanxp.htm

 

[Michael Stevens]

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Hello,

Hallo,

Bought a second-hand PC with a german version of XPHome. I wanted to
overwrite this installation with a VS XPpro version but although I
formatted the C drive and
did the installation, the XPHome still remained and now I have the two
versions side by side.

How do I uninstall the XPHome version without damaging XPPro?

Thanx, John

You boot from the CD and do a clean install.
Click on or copy and paste the link below into your web browser address bar.
How to clean install XP.
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
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[Alex Nichol]

Bought a second-hand PC with a german version of XPHome. I wanted to
overwrite this installation with a VS XPpro version but although I formatted
the C drive and
did the installation, the XPHome still remained and now I have the two
versions side by side.

You did not in fact format the drive. Boot the XP Pro CD direct.
Enter Setup, and after the license agreement take New Install. When it
asks you to confirm where, hit ESC; select and delete the current
partition and make a new RAW one to be formatted at the next stage

The important point is the delete. Without that it will just go ahead
and make a new install over the top of the old one - which is what
happened before