re: Question about 'How do I uninstall Windows?'
Tuesday, April 22, 2003 at 12:48 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by John Smith
(3 messages posted)
Dude! Send it to a computer shop and let the experts do it for you. What you ask
is doable, but if you do it, you'll only mess it up more. Believe me...been there
done that.
On Tuesday, April 22, 2003 at 12:17 pm, James wrote:
>I have accidentally installed windows xp side by side with windows 98. How can
I
>uninstall windows xp?
>
>I was having a problem with my internet explorer. I spoke to microsoft support
who
>decided that my user.exe file was corrupted and tried to replace it from the files
>on my hard drive. This was an old file and caused windows 98 to no longer boot
properly.
> The computer will only start in command prompt mode. Because I no longer have
my
>windows 98 disk, The technician told me that installing the full version of windows
>xp would fix the problem.
>
>I borrowed a copy to install. I had to install from the prompt mode because the
>windows 98 would not load. My hard drive is partitioned and I installed the windows
>xp on my D drive. Windows 98 is on my C drive. Instead of updating Windows 98,
>it installed a new version on the D drive. Because it was not an update there is
>no "uninstall windows xp" option in the control panel.
>
>I'd like to start over again. Can I uninstall windows xp in the command prompt
mode?
> Can I do this without completely cleaning out the D drive? I have a few other
files
>on the D drive that I don't want to lose.
>
>Thanks for any thoughts.
>
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