Removing xp pro

angelgal · Feb 22, 2003

I want to de-install xp & put back 98. Normally i would format the hdd & re-install 98, but ive been told this is not possible. Is this true?

jroc · Feb 22, 2003

Thats the only way your gonna be able to uninstall XP and Install 98 is to format and start over

angelgal · Feb 22, 2003

Thanx i don't mind having to format as long as i can get rid of xp

scarecrow · Feb 22, 2003

You cannot do that- quite simply. Tracing back from 32-bit OS to GUI'ed DOS is close to magic.

jroc · Feb 22, 2003

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BVV · Feb 22, 2003

It can be done.
You'll need an 98 or me boot disk to be able to use the "fdisk /mbr" (without quotes) command after formatting the hard drive.

scarecrow · Feb 22, 2003

Some misunderstanding- at least regarding my part? Quite possible...
Of course he can format and put back 98... what he cannot do is recalling the XP installation and getting back to 98 without a fresh install.

john baxter · Feb 22, 2003

correct me if i'm wrong guys but if he has upgraded to xp on top of 98 then it is possible to revert back to 98 by removing xp from the add/remove box in control panel

scarecrow · Feb 23, 2003

john baxter said:
correct me if i'm wrong guys but if he has upgraded to xp on top of 98 then it is possible to revert back to 98 by removing xp from the add/remove box in control panel

That's what I assumed too- and I said that it's not possible, even if it appers as an option.

daveml · Feb 23, 2003

john baxter said:
correct me if i'm wrong guys but if he has upgraded to xp on top of 98 then it is possible to revert back to 98 by removing xp from the add/remove box in control panel

I did that some time ago.
But I kept fat32 at the time.
But as xp didnt recognise most of hardware/software I binned it after 4 days.
Now on win2k and I love it.

Must admit Win 98 had a few problems after removing xp.
But then again, Win 98 always has problems.

angelgal · Feb 23, 2003

Thanx for your replies. Im gonna give the formating a go. I can't stand xp its soooooo slow. With win98 i could have 2 tmpg running at the same time & still access the net, but with xp i can only have 1 tmpg running & can't do anything else on the pc. And thats without any games or music programmes i prev had on 98

daveml · Feb 23, 2003

Thats probably a ram problem. ie not enough

Or u have set tmpgenc at high priority.

Ferris · Feb 23, 2003

I had big problems changing from WinXP back to Win98.
I F-disked and installed Win98se but my 27Gb hard disk suddenly became 510Gb and the system kept reporting a lack of space!!

In the end I downloaded and used a free program from the Maxtor site called MaxBlast 3 this works like magic. The downside is you must have at least one Maxtor Hard disk fitted.