Worthless XP

[fulcher]

Can I dump this loser and install Win 98 or 2000? Isn't
there something about the file system that does not allow
us to get rid of XP?

[rifleman]

In article >,
says...
> Can I dump this loser and install Win 98 or 2000? Isn't
> there something about the file system that does not allow
> us to get rid of XP?
>
XP is the most stable and secure Windows version yet released. What
problems are you having? Can we help?
--
(I may be wrong...I usually am....)
Google is your Friend
Email address deliberately false to avoid spam:
www.gbpcomputing.co.uk

[Harry Ohrn]

There is nothing native to XP that prevents it's removal. However if your
system came with XP installed and the hardware is very proprietary you may
have to search around for appropriate drivers for your hardware to use that
hardware with another OS. If your system came with XP installed it may
negate parts of your warranty service to remove it.

Go here www.bootdisk.com and download a Windows 98 or Me floppy image and
create a floppy from it.
Boot with the floppy and at the command prompt type FDISK
Press Enter to accept the first screen
Select option to Delete Partitions
Select option to Delete Non-Dos Partitions
Delete partitions
Select option to Create Partitions
Chose option to Create Primary Partition
When finished press Esc and at the command prompt press CTRL+Alt+Del to
reboot
Reboot with the floppy and at the command prompt type FORMAT C: /U

Follow the above and XP is gone. If you want to install Windows 2000 simply
boot with the Windows 2000 CD and select the option to Install Windows as
per normal. Remove the partition, reformat as NTFS and Windows 2000 will be
installed.
--

Harry Ohrn MS MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


"fulcher" > wrote in message
...
> Can I dump this loser and install Win 98 or 2000? Isn't
> there something about the file system that does not allow
> us to get rid of XP?

[Joseph Conway \(MSFT\)]

What's the issue first off? Most likely its something that can be fixed.
You can always rid yourself of an OS with a format of the drive.

--
Joseph W. Conway, MCSE
Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server Group

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

"fulcher" > wrote in message
...
> Can I dump this loser and install Win 98 or 2000? Isn't
> there something about the file system that does not allow
> us to get rid of XP?

[sqr]

He is better off getting rid of XP because no matter what happens now he has
his mind made up about not liking the OS.

--
sqr
Overseer: alt.os.windows-xp
--
ftp://sqr.myftp.biz
http://sqr.servebeer.com


"Joseph Conway (MSFT)" > wrote in message
...
> What's the issue first off? Most likely its something that can be fixed.
> You can always rid yourself of an OS with a format of the drive.
>
> --
> Joseph W. Conway, MCSE
> Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP/2003 Server Group
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.
>
> "fulcher" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Can I dump this loser and install Win 98 or 2000? Isn't
> > there something about the file system that does not allow
> > us to get rid of XP?
>
>

[Dave]

He probably got Windows XP "Home Edition" and finally
realized that he got ripped off for lack of features that
are availible in Windows 2000 and Windows XP
Professional!.
>-----Original Message-----
>In article >,
says...
>> Can I dump this loser and install Win 98 or 2000?
Isn't
>> there something about the file system that does not
allow
>> us to get rid of XP?
>>
>XP is the most stable and secure Windows version yet
released. What
>problems are you having? Can we help?
>--
>(I may be wrong...I usually am....)
>Google is your Friend
>Email address deliberately false to avoid spam:
>www.gbpcomputing.co.uk
>
>.
>

[PaulC]

Well that's his fault for not looking into the differences. I did the same
thing. I got my computer with HE, and a few months later, I was running
Pro.
"Dave" > wrote in message
...
> He probably got Windows XP "Home Edition" and finally
> realized that he got ripped off for lack of features that
> are availible in Windows 2000 and Windows XP
> Professional!.
> >-----Original Message-----
> >In article >,
> says...
> >> Can I dump this loser and install Win 98 or 2000?
> Isn't
> >> there something about the file system that does not
> allow
> >> us to get rid of XP?
> >>
> >XP is the most stable and secure Windows version yet
> released. What
> >problems are you having? Can we help?
> >--
> >(I may be wrong...I usually am....)
> >Google is your Friend
> >Email address deliberately false to avoid spam:
> >www.gbpcomputing.co.uk
> >
> >.
> >