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re: Question about 'How do I uninstall Windows?' Tuesday, January 14, 2003 at 10:34 pm Posted by Steve (19681 messages posted) See if this helps > http://www.pcnineoneone.com/howto/clean1.html [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'How do I uninstall Windows?' Wednesday, January 15, 2003 at 12:30 am Posted by Mac (2831 messages posted) To fully clear the disk of ALL data use your Windows Start-Up diskette to get to the A:\> prompt and type: A:\>format C: and press enter. BUT ... ! Have you checked that you have sufficient RAM to operate XP and have you checked the compatibility of XP with your Hardware AND with your Software too ?? ABSOLUTE MINIMUM 256Mb and better with 512Mb RAM. PerformanceImprovement AlwaysUnloadDll NTFS/FAT Iain On Tuesday, January 14, 2003 at 9:08 pm, Claudette wrote: >I have a question about How >do I uninstall Windows?: >I want to uninstall Windows Me, but the problem is when I bought the system Windows >Me was preload on system, I want to install Windows xp, it won't override Windows >me, How do uninstall Windows Me, and install Windows xp >Thanks in advances > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'How do I uninstall Windows?' Wednesday, January 15, 2003 at 1:01 am Posted by Claudette (2 messages posted) Thanks for the information, I have 393mb of ram also downloaded drivers for printer, scanner and camera, I tried to install on top of Win me but could not override Windows me, but found out that Windows xp did not recognize modem, so I thought if I remove modem and install it again, that Windows xp would recognize it, is that a good route to go, or best to download driver. I tried partitioning with partition magic, I had too many partition, so I delete, merge and copy into 1 drive. One question can I have 2 primary drives or 1 primary and 1 logical, that would mean I still have to format drive C because Windows xp can't override Windows Me, so anyway, I had to reload everything again Thanks for the information Claudette On Wednesday, January 15, 2003 at 12:30 am, Iain wrote: >To fully clear the disk of ALL data use your Windows Start-Up diskette to get to >the A:\> prompt and type: A:\>format C: and press enter. BUT ... ! > >Have you checked that you have sufficient RAM to operate XP and have you checked >the compatibility of XP with your Hardware AND with your Software too ?? > >ABSOLUTE MINIMUM 256Mb and better with 512Mb RAM. > >PerformanceImprovement > >AlwaysUnloadDll > >NTFS/FAT > > Iain > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'How do I uninstall Windows?' Wednesday, January 15, 2003 at 7:00 am Posted by Mac (2831 messages posted) Un-install and re-install the Modem seems the only way to go. Either XP has the driver or you will have to find one. On each PHYSICAL drive, you normally have a PRIMARY (logical) DOS drive followed by an EXTENDED DOS drive with partitions in the extended DOS drive. I have never tried doing it another way, and I have never bothered with dual-boot for multiple operating systems as it does not interest me, as I have never seen a business, or engineering firm, do this, so your guess is as good as mine. There must be a book (local library, or Partition Magic manual) that describes the full range of possibilities. I stick with fdisk.exe and format.com for disk up to and beyond 64Gb there is an up-dated version which will regognise the drive-space over 64Gb. PM 8.0 costs $80+ here and the others are for free! Good luck with the rest of your re-install, and thanks for letting me know. Iain. [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows Me Discussion Forum