re: Uninstalling xp
Monday, December 17, 2001 at 7:05 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Fay Ratcliff
(1 messages posted)
On Friday, November 16, 2001 at 11:58 pm, Chips Davis wrote:
>I recently intalled XP and love it, but everyone has his or her ideas on what an
>OS should do.
>
>To uninstall, I would boot from a floppy disk first. If you need to, change your
>BIOS setting to boot only from a disk. You should have a floppy around to boot
or
>you may use an older version of Windows. Next, go to to the directory where XP is
>intalled and delete all files, then install the OS you want.
>
>Or you can simply refomat the drive and reinstall, but you will lose all data.
>
>Hope that helps
>
>
>On Friday, November 16, 2001 at 10:39 pm, Sean Lonnecker wrote:
>Does anyone have any idea how I can uninstall xp? After having installed it and
>seen nearly ALL of my software not compatible with xp, I earnestly believe that
>a
>raging bonfire is the only good place left for that OS. Microsoft's tech-line was
>as "helpful" as usual.
>
>(Side note, if I ever manage to get it uninstalled, I'll have a keg at the bonfire,
>everyone's welcome.)
Microsoft just cost me $4,000. I just received my Compaq Presario laptop and the
Dell is on it's way. I have to have the Dos Mode option to use for my 16,000 name
genealogy database.
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