Uninstalling Window XP

[Guest]

After running into some problem, I tried uninstalling window XP from my
computer to get to the root of my problem but was unsuccesful. Why am I
having hard time doing this. How do I uninstall Window XP?.

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

What problem(s) have you with XP? It may be better to try and solve those
instead of uninstalling XP. How was XP installed - as an upgrade, 'clean'
installed or was it already on the PC when purchased?

 

[Guest]

You're having problems doing this because of a lack of knowledge - which is
why you are probably having problems in the first place (-:

How are you trying to uninstall Windows? Post a question with SPECIFICS?
Then people can help you.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

After running into some problem, I tried uninstalling window XP from my
computer to get to the root of my problem but was unsuccesful. Why am I
having hard time doing this. How do I uninstall Window XP?.

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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[Guest]

The xp that I am to uninstall is an upgrade/dynamic upgrade from a
Millenium.thank you. By the way, reinstall the xp twice. And it Xp uninstall
does not show/apper in the add/remove when I tried that route. I hope this
clarify my situation a little bit further. Now, how do I uninstall both xp's.
Thank you

 

[Richard Urban]

Clean install is required if you can't uninstall.

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aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard

If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

You will only have an uninstall option in Add/Remove Programs after an
upgrade if you opted to save the uninstall files. If you didn't then you
will have to 'Clean' install to get rid of it. If you have 'Clean'
installed XP, then there will be no option to uninstall via Add/Remove
Programs.

 

[Guest]

Mr. falcon, People come here to try to get helping hands from others who are
more knowledgable, Or may have had similar experience in the past and wishes
to share it so others could learn something if they can.. No one is perfect.
Obviously, this type of medium and others like it were created or started by
unselfish individuals for the benefit of others. So far I have gotten a very
good and reasonable ideas from those people so far besides you. Subsequently,
I am going to try to fix my xp problem using their genuine opinions/ideas.
Like those people I like to help too. I don't know about you. So Mr. falcon
stop blabla, and answer the question if you know the answer or keep it
zipped...

 

[Guest]

I have a similar problem to Frustrated only mine is compounded to the enth
degree.

I upgraded Xp over Win98 and things ran smooth for 3 years. Then like a
jerk, I started deleting things in the registry and really barfed up the XP's
OS. After trying various techniques to restore, including restore, I decided
it was time to start from scratch. No, can do. Because XP, in its infinite
capacity to screw things up, says I can't uninstall because I used powerquest
to partition my drive after I originally installed XP.

I have been trying for the last two days to uninstall XP with everything I
know without success. So, here I sit with a broken and limping OS. Talk about
fun and games. Whoo-ah!

Anybody got an answer to this dilemna???

Don

 

[Patrick Keenan]

I have a similar problem to Frustrated only mine is compounded to the enth
degree.

I upgraded Xp over Win98 and things ran smooth for 3 years. Then like a
jerk, I started deleting things in the registry and really barfed up the
XP's
OS. After trying various techniques to restore, including restore, I
decided
it was time to start from scratch. No, can do. Because XP, in its infinite
capacity to screw things up, says I can't uninstall because I used
powerquest
to partition my drive after I originally installed XP.

I have been trying for the last two days to uninstall XP with everything I
know without success. So, here I sit with a broken and limping OS. Talk
about
fun and games. Whoo-ah!

Anybody got an answer to this dilemna???

Don

Unfortunately the best approach is probably to bite the bullet and reinstall
clean.

If your install is 3 years old, I'd suggest getting a new drive - I see 80
gig drives for about CDN$50. Drives have a limited lifespan (this is what
MTBF, Mean Time Before Failure, means as a drive statistic) and you'll
probably be able to get a faster drive with a bigger cache.

Install this in the place of the existing drive, remove and do not reattach
the old drive till the new install is complete.

When you install, you do *not* have to install w98 first, you simply need to
have the w98 disk on hand for when the XP install asks for it. Let the XP
installer partition and format the disk.

This approach has the advantage of protecting your existing data. Once the
new install is complete, you can simply re-attach the old drive as a
secondary or external drive, and copy the data into place.

You will not, however, be able to copy things like email settings this way.
Those you should export before starting.

HTH
-pk

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

On Mon, 21 May 2007 08:39:01 -0700, The Reg-man <The

I upgraded Xp over Win98 and things ran smooth for 3 years. Then like a
jerk, I started deleting things in the registry and really barfed up the XP's
OS. After trying various techniques to restore, including restore, I decided
it was time to start from scratch. No, can do. Because XP, in its infinite
capacity to screw things up, says I can't uninstall because I used powerquest
to partition my drive after I originally installed XP.

I have been trying for the last two days to uninstall XP with everything I
know without success. So, here I sit with a broken and limping OS. Talk about
fun and games. Whoo-ah!

Just boot from the Windows XP CD (change the BIOS boot order if
necessary to accomplish this) and follow the prompts for a clean
installation (delete the existing partition by pressing "D" when
prompted, then create a new one).

You can find detailed instructions here:
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

or here
http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org/how_do_i_install_windows_xp.htm

or here http://windowsxp.mvps.org/XPClean.htm

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