Re: Uninstalling Windows XP Home

Ugly Trick wrote:
I want to uninstall Windows XP Home from a computer that I have. I can not get it to uninstall or format the drive. It does not show up in Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel. Help!

Ugly Trick



The normal way to "uninstall" *any* operating system is to format
the hard drive and install a new OS of your choice.

Only if you performed an upgrade from Win98/Me, elected to backup
the old system files, and didn't convert the partition to NTFS, can
you then boot into Safe Mode and click Start > Control Panel
> Add/Remove Programs. All of these conditions must be met for the
uninstall option to be available.


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