re: Question about 'Uninstalling Windows'
Saturday, May 24, 2003 at 5:25 am
Posted by phantom
(5578 messages posted)
The link you provided is for Windows 95, 98 and ME. What exactly is the question???
On Saturday, May 24, 2003 at 5:16 am, Richard DeLuz wrote:
>I have a question about Uninstalling
>Windows:
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>I want to uninstall xp and have an emty computer so I can learn to install win 93
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re: Question about 'Uninstalling Windows'
Saturday, May 24, 2003 at 8:16 am
Posted by Dan Sarandrea, MCSE
(4310 messages posted)
If you have a computer from a major manufacturer, do yourself a favor and do some
research before you format your HDD.
Some mfrs, ex: HP, store the XP recovery information on a hidden partition on your
hard drive. If you totally wipe out the HDD, you will lose the ability to bring
back XP using that recovery partition. You will then have to order the recovery
CDs from your mfr, or you will have to purchase a retail copy of XP at the store.
In the grand scheme of life, you're better off with the genuine article from MS rather
than one of those hokey recovery CDs. But, I thought you should know this before
nuking the contents of your HDD.
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