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re: Question about 'How do I uninstall Windows XP on dual OS?'
Thursday, May 23, 2002 at 9:08 am
Posted by Larry
(100 messages posted)
Without having the installations on 2 different partitions, you are basically stuck
doing it down and dirty. First you will have to edit the boot.ini file and take out
any reference to your XP installation. Reboot. This should boot straight into Windows98.
Then you can manually delete the directories that were exclusively WindowsXP. Unfortunately
this will still leave traces of XP, since it would be impossible to tell the difference
between Win98 and WinXP system files. If, for some reason, your computer doesn't
boot into Win98, your only recourse will be to reformat and start from scratch(which
with the possibility of leaving potential harmful fragments behind would be preferable).
On Thursday, May 23, 2002 at 8:13 am, Jean Paul wrote:
>I have a question about How
>do I uninstall Windows xp...?:
>
>I have dual OS(98 & XP-both FAT32) on the same drive(c:/) and now I want to Uninstall
>Windows XP? How do I do it without formatting my hard disk?
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re: Question about 'How do I uninstall Windows XP on dual OS?'
Thursday, May 23, 2002 at 9:23 am
Posted by Jean Paul
(2 messages posted)
I was afraid someone will advice me this kind of solution:( Well, It was also what
I had in mind I just thought that maybe somebody have other solutions. Thank you
Larry.
On Thursday, May 23, 2002 at 9:08 am, Larry wrote:
>Without having the installations on 2 different partitions, you are basically stuck
>doing it down and dirty. First you will have to edit the boot.ini file and take
out
>any reference to your XP installation. Reboot. This should boot straight into Windows98.
>Then you can manually delete the directories that were exclusively WindowsXP. Unfortunately
>this will still leave traces of XP, since it would be impossible to tell the difference
>between Win98 and WinXP system files. If, for some reason, your computer doesn't
>boot into Win98, your only recourse will be to reformat and start from scratch(which
>with the possibility of leaving potential harmful fragments behind would be preferable).
>
>
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re: Question about 'How do I uninstall Windows XP on dual OS?'
Thursday, June 6, 2002 at 6:58 pm
Posted by Jose Santiago
(1 messages posted)
I have the same problem with XP and 2K but there is no boot.ini any suggestions?
Thanks
On Thursday, May 23, 2002 at 9:08 am, Larry wrote:
>Without having the installations on 2 different partitions, you are basically stuck
>doing it down and dirty. First you will have to edit the boot.ini file and take
out
>any reference to your XP installation. Reboot. This should boot straight into Windows98.
>Then you can manually delete the directories that were exclusively WindowsXP. Unfortunately
>this will still leave traces of XP, since it would be impossible to tell the difference
>between Win98 and WinXP system files. If, for some reason, your computer doesn't
>boot into Win98, your only recourse will be to reformat and start from scratch(which
>with the possibility of leaving potential harmful fragments behind would be preferable).
>
>
>
>
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re: Question about 'How do I uninstall Windows XP on dual OS?'
Tuesday, June 11, 2002 at 11:42 pm
Posted by wingwing
(2 messages posted)
Could you email me the method how to prepare dual OS (XP & 98) ? Thanks.
Partition NTFS for XP and Partition Fat32 for 98?
What ratio of partion should I take?
Thanks a lot.
wingwing
On Thursday, May 23, 2002 at 8:13 am, Jean Paul wrote:
>I have a question about How
>do I uninstall Windows xp...?:
>
>I have dual OS(98 & XP-both FAT32) on the same drive(c:/) and now I want to Uninstall
>Windows XP? How do I do it without formatting my hard disk?
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uninstall windows 2000
Friday, June 28, 2002 at 9:55 pm
Posted by william keifer
(1 messages posted)
when i loaded win 2000 on win 98me i cant uninstall 2000 or when i loaded win 2000
on to 98se i cant uninstall . please respond in detail. thank you.
On Tuesday, June 11, 2002 at 11:42 pm, wingwing wrote:
>Could you email me the method how to prepare dual OS (XP & 98) ? Thanks.
>
>Partition NTFS for XP and Partition Fat32 for 98?
>What ratio of partion should I take?
>Thanks a lot.
>
>wingwing
>
>
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Answer to 'How do I uninstall Windows XP on dual OS?'
Monday, July 15, 2002 at 12:48 pm
Posted by kryptonite
(3 messages posted)
windows xp can be removed from the dual boot system without formatting the hard drive
even if you have the xp and microsoft's other OS in the same drive.I don't mean that
XP can be uninstalled but it surely can be safely deleted if you follow these instructions.
At first boot ur computer ni XP ,then click Start>>>Run and type "msconfig".Click
on "Boot.ini" tab . U will probably see 2 options namely "microsoft windows" and
"multi............xp /fastdetect".Choose "microsoft windows" n click 'ok' .and restart
ur computer in XP again.After that right "My computer" and then click "properties".Then
click the "advanced" tab . You will again see the options "microsoft ...." and ".multi.........xp"
.Choose "microsoft windows" again and then click "edit" . You will see some text
in notepad . then erase the last line "multi ..............windows xp /fastdetect"
and then click on "file" and save the changes you made and exit .Now u may be asked
to restart the computer .Now when you restart you will no longer get the option of
choosing which OS to boot .Your computer will directly load your older OS(ie 98,ME,2000
whatever u have) After that u can delete ur "Windows" folder of your XP version .
Good luck. If u have some question email me at "prabhatbaniya@hotmail.com"
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re: Question about 'How do I uninstall Windows XP on dual OS?'
Saturday, November 30, 2002 at 5:17 pm
Posted by ][en
(1 messages posted)
im running 98 (first ed) and 2K pro, I want 98 gone, how do i go about this safely
and effectively? can't reformat, just want to remove 98, anyone have any ideas?
thx,
][en
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re: Question about 'How do I uninstall Windows XP on dual OS?'
Tuesday, April 22, 2003 at 9:54 pm
Posted by Dr. JK Bisht
(1 messages posted)
Do I uninstall Windows 98
I have dual OS(98 & XP-both FAT32) on the same drive(c:/) and now I want to Uninstall
Windows 98? How do I do it without formatting my hard disk?
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