I thought windows xp would be really cool in my computer and all that as I saw how different it was.... but I forgot to check the compatibility and all that jazz before putting it in and now my computer is realllllllly sloooooowwww... how can I take out windows xp and put in windows 98?
Also, WindowXP is not displayed in the Add/Remove program files
2006-10-04 17:09:54 · 8 answers · asked by Jesse S 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
Put the windows 98 cd in the cd rom and reboot. Boot up with CD Support. it will Bring you to Dos.
Type in the command
Format C:
It will whipe your harddrive.
Then reboot with the cd still in the drive and start windows 98 setup.
2006-10-04 17:13:59 · answer #1 · answered by psh_i_rock 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good day, the ting is, if yur hard drive is NTFS Formatted u will have problems to install 98. If i is FAT32 u may have a better chance but here is what u can do. Insert the 98 setup cd and chooze boot from cd and then chooze starup win 98 with cd rom support. It will give u d name of yur cd rom drive eg X: Now what u do, where u see C:\> u type in X:\> and the C will switch to X. Now type in FDISK and follow the instructions. U are dealing with partitions here. Delete the secondary and logical partitions then the primary. After u create a new partition where u can use the whole Hard drive.This may take a lil time but not much. When u finished, restart the computer, boot from the cd rom and this time, chooze the setup option. What it wud do it will format yur hard drive to FAT32 which 98 uses.This may take some time again. After the format it will continue the setup. U amy be wondering if the hard drive is already FAT32 why i have to go thru all of dis? 98 may look to mix with xp directories and stuff on the HD and eventually 98 will get corrupted so this is actually a clean install of 98. I suggest u print this out. it will work if done correctly and good luck. Laterz!
2006-10-04 17:25:24 · answer #2 · answered by The Honourable 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only way to do this is to reformat your hard drive and then boot it from the Windows 98 install CD. You should think twice about doing this though as undoubably you are going to run into driver problems with any hardware that was installed under XP.
2006-10-04 17:20:54 · answer #3 · answered by godeep 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to Add & Remove Programs, and click Windows XP Uninstall.
2006-10-04 17:12:38 · answer #4 · answered by Sean Brackeen 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Press the start button at bottom of screen
go to control panel
go to add/remove programs
find the one you want to remove and hit remove button.
then install the one you want
2006-10-04 17:17:54 · answer #5 · answered by nascar_cr8zy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Best opyion will be to wipe ou c drive..
put the cd.....go to DOS prompt.......
type format c: -s
reboot ..reinstall win 98.......it will be up n running..
try it..
2006-10-04 17:25:54 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i did this with my old computer, but i had a cd from dell that restarted the whole window and put bak windows 98 (dell product recovery cd)... if ur computer doesnt bring a cd then idk..
2006-10-04 17:14:19 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why on earth would you want to do that?
2006-10-04 18:32:08 · answer #8 · answered by Waz 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋