re: Question about 'How do I uninstall Windows xp?'
Sunday, March 28, 2004 at 6:51 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Bill Josephson
(1 messages posted)
I just did something similiar, and Christopher's post below (dated July 26,2002)
helped alot. I did it manually by editing the boot.ini file and simply deleting
the Windows folder of the version I no longer wanted. Here are more detailed instructions
I just created for my own reference.
1.Make a backup copy and then edit the file boot.ini which is in the root directory
of your boot-up partition, usually drive C.
2.Usually this file is hidden from view. In order to identify the boot.ini file
go to Folder Options, View Tab and select "show hidden files and folders" AND deselect
"Hide protected operating system files..."
3.Here is a sample boot.ini file:
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition"
/fastdetect
It shows two operating systems. If you want to delete the Home Edition, simply delete
that line AND make sure you change the default. The file should then look like this:
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition"
/fastdetect
Again, note that the default line points to XP Professional Edition (and has changed
from the previous default).
4.If you are booted on the Windows you want to keep; you can now delete the Windows
folder of the OS you want to remove. And you are done.
5. If you accidentally corrupt or delete the boot.ini file, you can recreate it
by booting from a floppy and then restoring the boot.ini.
On Thursday, February 19, 2004 at 8:53 am, Richard Verhelle wrote:
>I have two windows xp's on my computer. Home edition and Professional edition and
>both are in english my girl friend is french and I want to remove the two english
>editions and replace them with a french version of Wndows home edition . I went
>to the add and remove section and there is no windows xp . There are all kinds of
>files windows xp hotfix......but there are about 20 or 30 of them ???? what do I
>do
>Richard Verhelle
>rjverhelle@hotmail.com
>
>
>On Tuesday, December 18, 2001 at 6:50 pm, Anthony wrote:
>>You can't uninstall your windows if you are only running 1 operating system (windows).
>>
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