Uninstalling

[Jen]

I put windows XP on my computer, then installed it for
the trial period on the kids computer. Their computer
isn't powerful enough to take full advantage of this
operating system. I let the trial period expire, but now
I don't know how to uninstall and put 98 back on. Any
help for the novice would be appreciated.
Jen

[Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\)]

Jen wrote:
> I put windows XP on my computer, then installed it for
> the trial period on the kids computer. Their computer
> isn't powerful enough to take full advantage of this
> operating system. I let the trial period expire, but now
> I don't know how to uninstall and put 98 back on. Any
> help for the novice would be appreciated.
> Jen
The XP CD is bootable and you can run format from setup. However, since you
want to format and reinstall 98, do the following. Assuming you have a
98 boot floppy, boot with that. At the prompt, type fdisk and press enter,
delete the non-dos partition, create a primary dos partition, set it active
and exit.

If it says you have no non-dos partition your system is still fat32, delete
the primary DOS Partition, create a new one, set it active and exit fdisk,
reboot the system with 98 floppy in the drive and at the prompt type format
C: /u and press enter. Once format is
complete, change to your CD-ROM drive and with the 98 CD in the drive,
type setup, press enter and follow the screens.

If you don't have 98 boot disk with CD-ROM support, visit www.bootdisk.com.


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