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re: Question about 'How do I uninstall Windows?'
Tuesday, April 22, 2003 at 2:18 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by daniel
(219 messages posted)
start xp up and backup the files u do not wish to lose. theN wipe ur d drive. ONLY
WAY
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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