Re: Want to Remove Windows Xp

From: Cyberbear (cyberbear.matter_at_antimatter.starband.net)
Date: 03/01/05 

Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 13:18:16 -0700

"RARugger" <RARugger@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2ED278A6-48BA-4191-9EC2-B46261D40F30@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
> I recently received a new laptop at work, and would like to remove XP from
> my personal laptop and replace it with Windows 95. Before you think me
> crazy, I want to do it so that I can install children's games that I have
for
> my young daughter. I have tried running the games on XP but the programs
are
> not compatible and I have video/audio issues on almost every single one.
>
> I have tried booting from the Win95 CD but I get a boot.ini error and XP
> boots up again. I have also tried reformat the hard disk using
Delpart.exe
> and the PQGIC.exe (sp?) programs but to no avail. I have not been able to
> format the disk within the XP program, nor have I successfully been able
to
> use the osuninstall.exe file.
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated...and will get my little one from
pestering
> me anymore about playing her games :)
> --
> Bob A.

Use a Windows 95/98 boot disk to boot the computer to a DOS prompt. Then run
fdisk /mbr command. Then you can format the hard drive and install Windows
95. It will then boot properly without problems from the Windows XP boot
files.

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