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re: how do i uninstall windows xp pro
Wednesday, December 3, 2003 at 10:51 am
Posted by MLS
(2203 messages posted)
Why...are you having problems that this forum might help you solve?
On Wednesday, December 3, 2003 at 10:40 am, kell wrote:
>I have a question how do i uninstall windows xp and go back to my previous operating
>system which is windows 2000 pls help.. thanks....How
>do I uninstall Windows?:
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re: how do i uninstall windows xp pro
Wednesday, December 3, 2003 at 11:10 am
Posted by Bean
(122 messages posted)
The only way I know of is by popping in the xp cd and booting to it, then formatting
the drive completely and reinstalling 2000. However, there may be some way to upgrade
from xp to 2000, but im not sure.
On Wednesday, December 3, 2003 at 10:51 am, MLS wrote:
>Why...are you having problems that this forum might help you solve?
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re: how do i uninstall windows xp pro
Wednesday, December 3, 2003 at 12:50 pm
Posted by Crash Override
(2170 messages posted)
Format and start fresh. There is no downgrade path to 2000. What seems to be the
problem? Or is it that you don't know yet because you didn't give XP a fair chance?
On Wednesday, December 3, 2003 at 11:10 am, Bean wrote:
>The only way I know of is by popping in the xp cd and booting to it, then formatting
>the drive completely and reinstalling 2000. However, there may be some way to upgrade
>from xp to 2000, but im not sure.
>
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re: how do i uninstall windows xp pro
Thursday, January 6, 2005 at 3:02 pm
Posted by Antone Hammers
(3 messages posted)
i want to get rid of XP pro and go back to XP home.
this is because of complications i've had after the 'upgrade.' my audio is stuttering
and sometimes popping... and everything is just so... slow. start up slowed down
by like 2 minutes, and then programs are loading slower... it's not any good.
i'm running a dell dimension 2400, with 384MB ram, pentium 4, and 290GB of disc space.
free space is round 220.
On Wednesday, December 3, 2003 at 12:50 pm, Crash Override wrote:
>Format and start fresh. There is no downgrade path to 2000. What seems to be the
>problem? Or is it that you don't know yet because you didn't give XP a fair chance?
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re: how do i uninstall windows xp pro
Tuesday, February 1, 2005 at 12:18 pm
Posted by Wayne Bjorken
(1 messages posted)
Hi; I'm having the same program I used to be able to capture video without frame
loss. Now it seems that XP Pro is a complete PIG. Unfortunately a reload might be
in order. I bought another computer with another copy of XP Home just to get out
of this predicament. Their support is not that great. I wind up fixing my own problems.
But this performance issue has me stumped. Can anyone recommend a good tool to analyze
the kernel operations.
Wayne
On Thursday, January 6, 2005 at 3:02 pm, Antone Hammers wrote:
>i want to get rid of XP pro and go back to XP home.
>
>this is because of complications i've had after the 'upgrade.' my audio is stuttering
>and sometimes popping... and everything is just so... slow. start up slowed down
>by like 2 minutes, and then programs are loading slower... it's not any good.
>
>i'm running a dell dimension 2400, with 384MB ram, pentium 4, and 290GB of disc
space.
> free space is round 220.
>
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re: how do i uninstall windows xp pro
Wednesday, June 15, 2005 at 8:56 am
Posted by Mahdi Islam
(7 messages posted)
Open C:\boot.ini (where C: is the hard disk letter). under the text '[operating systems]'
find the OS that you don't want and delete the entire line, save it and restart(just
to check).
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re: how do i uninstall windows xp pro
Sunday, July 2, 2006 at 5:18 am
Posted by Jake
(1 messages posted)
looking at my C:\boot.ini , what should I erase?
here is a copy of the 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 Professional" /fastdetect
/noexecute=optin
I used to have XP Pro from work but apparently it an illlegal copy . I would like
to downgrade back to my XP home edition .
Thank you guys for all your help
On Wednesday, June 15, 2005 at 8:56 am, Mahdi Islam wrote:
>Open C:\boot.ini (where C: is the hard disk letter). under the text '[operating
systems]'
>find the OS that you don't want and delete the entire line, save it and restart(just
>to check).
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re: how do i uninstall windows xp pro
Sunday, July 2, 2006 at 5:30 am
Posted by Mahdi Islam
(7 messages posted)
Ok, well to change the OS loader, so that it disappears your C:\boot.ini should resemble:
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional"
/fastdetect /noexecute=optin
If you do a "new" installation with Windows XP Home just give me another copy of
the C:\Boot.ini and I'll alter the sections that need to be. Hope all this helps!
On Sunday, July 2, 2006 at 5:18 am, Jake wrote:
>looking at my C:\boot.ini , what should I erase?
>
>here is a copy of the 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 Professional"
/fastdetect
>/noexecute=optin
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>
>I used to have XP Pro from work but apparently it an illlegal copy . I would like
>to downgrade back to my XP home edition .
>
>Thank you guys for all your help
>
>
>
>
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re: how do i uninstall windows xp pro
Wednesday, February 7, 2007 at 1:30 pm
Posted by hanlonj
(5 messages posted)
Guys,
I used to have 2 o/s on my pc and deleted one but the boot loader is showing 2 still
upon boot up. How can I get rid of the option of o/s upon boot up. Is it the boot.ini
file and if so, where can I locate this file please?
John
On Sunday, July 2, 2006 at 5:30 am, Mahdi Islam wrote:
>Ok, well to change the OS loader, so that it disappears your C:\boot.ini should
resemble:
>
>[boot loader]
>timeout=30
>default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional"
>/fastdetect /noexecute=optin
>
>If you do a "new" installation with Windows XP Home just give me another copy of
>the C:\Boot.ini and I'll alter the sections that need to be. Hope all this helps!
>
>
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re: how do i uninstall windows xp pro
Saturday, November 24, 2007 at 8:29 pm
Posted by Altanana
(3 messages posted)
"Open C:\boot.ini (where C: is the hard disk letter). under the text '[operating
systems]' find the OS that you don't want and delete the entire line, save it and
restart(just to check)."
Being fairly puter illiterate...I typed that in run then got the info in a notepad...is
that where you delete it? I want the partition and win xp pro off my computer and
still have my original home with all of my programs and data. Can you post STEP
BY STEP instructions to uninstall pro, reformat drive and get rid of the dual boot?
Thanks.
On Wednesday, February 7, 2007 at 1:30 pm, hanlonj wrote:
>
>Guys,
>
>I used to have 2 o/s on my pc and deleted one but the boot loader is showing 2 still
>upon boot up. How can I get rid of the option of o/s upon boot up. Is it the boot.ini
>file and if so, where can I locate this file please?
>
>John
>
>
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re: how do i uninstall windows xp pro
Sunday, November 25, 2007 at 1:41 am
Posted by Mahdi Islam
(7 messages posted)
Firstly, yes that is where you delete the line of text. You may want to make a copy
of the file and save it to your desktop. Deleting the text in C:\boot.ini makes it
so that the computer does not give you the option to choose which OS to boot up from;
it does not delete any files. Hence doing this will "get rid of the dual boot".
Reformatting the drive will remove all the data on the drive. Since you have mentioned
that you want to keep programs and files, I think it would be best that you do not
reformat the drive. Unless disk space is an issue this will probably be enough. If
disk space is an issue, then after deleting the text from boot.ini look in the main
C:\ (probably best to have hidden folders shown as well as having protected operating
system files shown - When in the C:\ click Tools > Folder options > in the view tab).
You may find the are two folders that start off with the text "Windows" there maybe,
for example, a "Windows.0" folder. If there are you can delete the windows XP Pro
folder. To find out which one this is, look inside the back-uped copy at the line
of text that had "Windows XP Professional" in it, it will tell you which folder it
relates. The example below should illustrate this:
(from microsoft.com)
[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="Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINNT="Windows 2000 Professional" /fastdetect
Here, the folder "Windows" referes to the WinXP Pro and "WINNT" to Win2000 Pro hence
if one wanted to get rid of WinXP Pro they can delete the "WINDOWS" folder as long
as that is not the partition that they booted up from.
Since both XP's have the same directory for users ("C:\Documents and Settings" where
C:\ refers to the disk drive that the files are on) all the files should be intact.
The easiest way to reformat the harddrive, though you may need to backup the files
(Programs CANNOT be backuped as such), is to use the Windows XP setup disc. To do
this, boot up from the WinXP setup disc. (Use BIOS if needs be). Press "Enter" at
the welcome screen, press "F8" to accept the EULA, Press "Esc" to bypass the repair
option, "Press D" to delete partitions and then confim the deletion with whatever
keys it asks for. Then press C to create a new partition, follow the steps and then
you will be given a number of ways to format the drive, the best way is "Format the
partition by using the NTFS file system (Quick)". This also provides a way to delete
the partition.
Another way to delete the partition is to go to control panel > Performance and Maintenance
> Administrative Tools > Computer Management, Find "Disk management" on the left
handside and then click it. Find the partition you want to delete, right click and
delete. follow the obvious steps to confim the deletion.
In summary,
To remove the dual boot option:
1. Open C:\Boot.ini in notepad and save a copy on the desktop (this is just as a
backup)
2. Then open C:\Boot.ini (saving a file to the desktop makes it so that that file
is open in notepad)
2. Find the line of text under the heading [operating systems] which contains the
name of the Windows XP version that you want to remove from the boot.
3. Then save the file.
To remove the Windows XP Pro folder:
1. Open the backed up copy of Boot.ini from the desktop
2. Look at the line which contained the name of the OS that you do not want and look
in C:\ drive for that folder.
3. Then delete this folder. This cannot be done if you have booted from the OS that
you do not want.
To format the hard drive:
Before you do this, make sure you have installation discs for your programs and that
you have backed up you documents.
1. Boot up from the WinXP installation disc (if you do not have one, you can download
a copy of the internet; do not install this, though, as it is illegal) (you may need
to make the CD-ROM drive the default boot option from the BIOS)
2. Press enter at the welcome screen.
3. Press F8 to accept the licence agreement
4. Press Esc to bypass the repair
5. use the arrow keys and d (and also the delete confirmation keys - normally L and
Enter) to delete all the partitions.
6. Press C to create a new partition
7. Use the arrow keys to use the "Format the partition by using the NTFS file system
(Quick)" option and press enter to confirm this.
To remove partitions:
1. Control panel > Performance and Maintenance > Administrative Tools > Computer
Management, click on "Disk management" on the left handside.
2. Find the partition you want to delete, right click and delete
3. Follow the delete confirmation steps.
Hope this helps,
Mahdi Islam
On Saturday, November 24, 2007 at 8:29 pm, Alta wrote:
>"Open C:\boot.ini (where C: is the hard disk letter). under the text '[operating
>systems]' find the OS that you don't want and delete the entire line, save it and
>restart(just to check)."
>
>Being fairly puter illiterate...I typed that in run then got the info in a notepad...is
>that where you delete it? I want the partition and win xp pro off my computer and
>still have my original home with all of my programs and data. Can you post STEP
>BY STEP instructions to uninstall pro, reformat drive and get rid of the dual boot?
> Thanks.
>
>
>
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re: how do i uninstall windows xp pro
Monday, November 26, 2007 at 2:49 am
Posted by Altanana
(3 messages posted)
Would it be possible for you to do it for me with remote assistant? I am afraid
to do it by myself as I am 61 disabled and have short term memory loss. I would
appreciate any help and will pay a fee if applicable. Thanks.
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re:how do I install os 2k pro & os xp as duel boot
Tuesday, October 13, 2009 at 12:55 am
Posted by Earl Hill
(1 messages posted)
My hd(0) is clean(no data) with 1 partition & 35 gig unallocated space can I install
my 2k pro on partition 0 & then partition the unallocated space ,then install xp
home or xp pro & have a duel boot sys. or is this the wrong way? Thanks a bunch for
any help I can get
On Wednesday, December 3, 2003 at 10:40 am, kell wrote:
>I have a question how do i uninstall windows xp and go back to my previous operating
>system which is windows 2000 pls help.. thanks....How
>do I uninstall Windows?:
>
>
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re: how do i uninstall windows xp pro
Sunday, February 7, 2010 at 5:44 am
Posted by alphonse
(2 messages posted)
i just bought a laptop with a fake copy of windows xp pro.. i have a windows xp home
original cd that i want to install.. the problem is.. after all the drivers load
and when "windows is starting" appears.. then appears the blue screen of death..
I've been banging my head on this.. please help me... thanks..
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re: how do i uninstall windows xp pro
Sunday, February 7, 2010 at 11:26 am
Posted by MartinM
(7551 messages posted)
It sounds as if you might not be doing a clean install - read this: http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
Also, you will have to download all the laptop's drivers from the original manufacturer's
website to get it working properly.
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re: how do i uninstall windows xp pro
Sunday, February 7, 2010 at 8:34 pm
Posted by alphonse
(2 messages posted)
i actually was doing a clean install.. with the original cd in the drive.. it kept
showing a blue screen after loading all the drivers.. it doesn't reach the portion
where the drives and partitions are..
any suggestions? i was considering booting with a windows 98 cd.. and formatting
the harddrive.. then exiting and place the xp home and start clean install...
oh and thanks, yes i have downloaded all the laptops' drivers..
On Sunday, February 7, 2010 at 11:26 am, MartinM wrote:
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>It sounds as if you might not be doing a clean install - read this: http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
>
>Also, you will have to download all the laptop's drivers from the original manufacturer's
>website to get it working properly.
>
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re: how do i uninstall windows xp pro
Monday, February 8, 2010 at 2:10 am
Posted by Adam Bradley
(8786 messages posted)
Might be a hardware fault that only shows up when the system is under the stress
of installing an OS, my last desktop did that to me. I would go into the BIOS and
turn off every device you can and not have anything hooked up unless you absolutely
have to. If it still errors you might have a fault with the memory, motherboard or
the video card, the error might clue you into which one it is.
On Sunday, February 7, 2010 at 8:34 pm, alphonse wrote:
>i actually was doing a clean install.. with the original cd in the drive.. it kept
>showing a blue screen after loading all the drivers.. it doesn't reach the portion
>where the drives and partitions are..
>
>any suggestions? i was considering booting with a windows 98 cd.. and formatting
>the harddrive.. then exiting and place the xp home and start clean install...
>
>oh and thanks, yes i have downloaded all the laptops' drivers..
>
>
>
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