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Question about 'How do I uninstall Windows?'
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Question about 'How do I uninstall Windows?'
Tuesday, April 22, 2003 at 12:17 pm
Posted by James
(4 messages posted)
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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re: Question about 'How do I uninstall Windows?'
Tuesday, April 22, 2003 at 12:48 pm
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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re: Question about 'How do I uninstall Windows?'
Tuesday, April 22, 2003 at 2:18 pm
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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re: Question about 'How do I uninstall Windows?'
Tuesday, April 22, 2003 at 2:39 pm
Posted by James
(4 messages posted)
Will the reformatting only clean the d drive or will it affect the c drive as well?
On Tuesday, April 22, 2003 at 2:18 pm, Daniel Stringer wrote:
>start xp up and backup the files u do not wish to lose. theN wipe ur d drive. ONLY
>WAY
>
>
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re: Question about 'How do I uninstall Windows?'
Tuesday, April 22, 2003 at 2:43 pm
Posted by James
(4 messages posted)
Yeah. I'm sure you're right.
On Tuesday, April 22, 2003 at 12:48 pm, John Smith wrote:
>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.
>
>
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re: Question about 'How do I uninstall Windows?'
Tuesday, April 22, 2003 at 3:17 pm
Posted by Tom Swanson
(5553 messages posted)
IF I follow your post correctly, you have lost your Win98 CD and borrowed a WinXP
CD. On that basis;
Buy a new WinXP disk. Do a clean install. Partition and format both drives and start
over. Read the instructions and watch what is going on on your screen. If you keep
trying to "save" things, you will get deeper and deeper in s___, and the chances
of sucess are between nil and none.
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