Re: Uninstall windows XP
From: Ken Blake (kblake_at_this.is.an.invalid.domain)
Date: 10/12/04
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Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 12:43:48 -0700
In news:O8T7uiAsEHA.3252@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl,
Jesse MacDonough <devhead@access4less.net> typed:
> Ken,
> When you say your son has so many problems,
First of all, please be carefull reading attributions. It's not
my son having problems, it's Mike's. I replied to Mike's message.
> is it due to having a lot
> of programs installed on the machine? You might want to try
> uninstalling some apps that you don't need
In general, there is *no* downside to having applications
installed that you don't need, other than the amount of disk
space they take up. Installing a application doesn't cause
problems, but *running* that application may.
-- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup > and do some general good > housekeeping, defragmenting of the drive and see if that helps > out. If it's problems with drivers, maybe going into the Device > Manager > and rolling back to original drivers. Try some things out > before > making a clean install... > devhead > > > > Ken Blake wrote: >> In news:3fc001c4af8a$05cbda90$a601280a@phx.gbl, >> Mike <mshewan@sympatico.ca> typed: >> >> >>>Can anyone tell me how to completely uninstall windows XP >>>as my son has so many problems on there i just need to >>>uninstall XP and start from scratch. >> >> >> >> Just boot from the Windows XP CD (change the BIOS boot order >> if >> necessary to accomplish this) and follow the prompts for a >> clean >> installation (delete the existing partition by pressing "D" >> when >> prompted, then create a new one). >> >> >> >> You can find detailed instructions here: >> http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html >> >> >> >> However why do you want to do this? In my view, it's almost >> always a mistake. With a modicum of care, it should never be >> necessary to reinstall Windows (XP or any other version). I've >> run Windows 3.0, 3.1, WFWG 3.11, Windows 95, Windows 98, >> Windows >> 2000, and Windows XP, each for the period of time before the >> next >> version came out, and each on two machines here. I never >> reinstalled any of them, and I have never had anything more >> than >> an occasional minor problem. >> >> >> >> It's my belief that this mistaken notion stems from the >> technical >> support people at many of the larger OEMs. Their solution to >> almost any problem they don't quickly know the answer to is >> "reformat and reinstall." That's the perfect solution for >> them. >> It gets you off the phone quickly, it almost always works, and >> it >> doesn't require them to do any real troubleshooting (a skill >> that >> most of them obviously don't possess in any great degree). >> >> >> >> But it leaves you with all the work and all the problems. You >> have to restore all your data backups, you have to reinstall >> all >> your programs, you have to reinstall all the Windows and >> application updates,you have to locate and install all the >> needed >> drivers for your system, you have to recustomize Windows and >> all >> your apps to work the way you're comfortable with. >> >> >> >> Besides all those things being time-consuming and troublesome, >> you may have trouble with some of them: can you find all your >> application CDs? Can you find all the needed installation >> codes? >> Do you have data backups to restore? Do you even remember all >> the >> customizations and tweaks you may have installed to make >> everything work the way you like? >> >> >> >> Occasionally there are problems that are so difficult to solve >> that Windows should be reinstalled cleanly. But they are few >> and >> far between; reinstallation should not be a substitute for >> troubleshooting; it should be a last resort, to be done only >> after all other attempts at troubleshooting by a qualified >> person >> have failed. >> >> If you have problems, post them here, it's likely that someone >> can help you and a reinstallation won't be required.
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