uninstall windows xp?

Answer 1

you need to put xp disk in and format drive

Answer 2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/303661/EN-US/

How to uninstall Windows XP and revert to a previous operating system
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This article describes how to remove Microsoft Windows XP after an upgrade was completed successfully by using a qualifying upgrade path, including the successful creation of the Windows XP removal files (such as Backup.cab and Boot.cab) during the initial upgrade.

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•If sufficient space is available, the Windows XP removal files are automatically saved during the upgrade.
•If the Windows XP removal files have been removed from the computer, you cannot use the removal that this article describes.
•Any programs that were installed before the Windows XP upgrade will be preserved. Additionally, any programs that were installed after the Windows XP upgrade will not be available after you remove Windows XP. You may have to reinstall these programs.
•To remove Windows XP, you must have upgraded from Microsoft Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, or Windows Millennium Edition.

Note If you upgraded from Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, Windows 2000, or Windows NT 4.0, you cannot remove Windows XP.

How to remove Windows XP
To remove Windows XP, follow these steps:
1.Restart your computer in Safe mode. To do this, press the F8 key while Windows is starting.
2.Log on with an account that has administrative credentials.
3.Click Start, click Control Panel, and then double-click Add or Remove Programs.

Hope this helps!

Answer 3

You can't actually 'uninstall' WinXP per say and the steps to remove WinXP differ from what you want to do.

1. If you want a fresh install - this would involve reformatting. Which is an option when you place your WinXP disk in your PC.

2. If you want to install another OS (maybe Linux) you can't just install it over WIndows - this can sometimes go wrong (I speak from experience). Instead you'll have to delete your Windows partition - this can be done by inserting your WinXP disk and selecting the 'partition' option.

BE CAREFUL when playing around with your partitions. It can harm your computer irretrievably - make sure you know what you're doing and back up everything.

Answer 4

it depends what you want afterwards. if you want to reinstall xp and have the pc as it was when it was bought, then use the cd that came with it by booting from it at startup. You must set the BIOS to boot from the cd by accessing the BIOS menu at startup by pressing the key denoted during the frist startup phase (e.g. F2 or DEL). You must then access the boot order from one of the menus and set to boot from the cd drive first.

You could instal older versions of windows in the same way.

be aware though that a complete reinstal formats the hard drive and removes all old data.

Answer 5

You cannot uninstall windows xp.

Answer 6

Unplug your harddisk, boot your machine using a floppy (not a rescue disk created by the same OS) use a different one ..maybe win 98!, plug the hard disk and say format c: (or whatever drive has XP)

Answer 7

If and only if you want to install other version of Windows,
or reinstall the XP:

Right click on the drive on which the XP is installed,
click on format.
it will work,
I have only heard, never tried.

Answer 8

It depends on what context and what it is you have it running as.

You can't rollback from an XP upgrade CD, but you can do it if its a full install CD, but some more info would be good.

Answer 9

you mean format get a bootable windows cd insert it in the cd rom restart ur computer press any key to log into dos then follow the steps

Answer 10

hard...

only thing to do is format the HD from a bootdisk

http://www.bootdisk.com

don't do this when you are unsure if you can install a new O/S on the PC.