>
>Ok, my problem was that, i had only one partition on my hard disk and i couldn't 
>uninstall the OS from there. I tried for the osuninstall.exe, but mysteriously, 
i 
>was missing the log file for that. I tried re-installing with the CD from XP itself, 
>but it reinstalled, but kept all the old file and couldn't partition the disk either. 
>So this is what i did.
>
>This only helps if you want to un-install and re-install XP and partition your Hard 
>Disk while you are at it.
>
>** Jesus saves! Saves you, but not your work! So make sure that you do a good back 
>up of the system, before attempting any re-installation etc.
>** Insert the CD with XP on it.
>** Go to set up (press F2 when the computer starts)
>** Go to boot options
>** Disable booting from floppy or hard drive(Shift+1), or some other key like that( 
>i dunno where you got your computer from, but mine is a Dell)
>** Save changes and exit
>** Select Windows XP Setup from the succeeding menu
>** When you are prompted with the options, select the drive on which XP is located 
>and choose format
>** Hope you have done the back up! DOH!
>** Format the drive
>** You can chose to partition the drive at this stage
>**Proceed with the rest of the installation
>**And thats it!
>
>Hope this was of any use to you!

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