How can I uninstall windows XP Pro
 

does anyone know how i can uninstall windows. it wont let me do it through the conventional way i think because I 've modified files since its been installed. Its a trial version and I've just bought XP Home Edition and of course it won't let me downgrade.
does anyone know a way around this..

thank you>>>>>

you cannot, you´ll have to format your HD (not a joke)

shit...i've got tons on that PC...GBs of stuff

windows has a write protect.

You will have to reformat.

u sure theres no other way?

Why would you ever downgrade to XP home??

Pro is MUCH better.

just get another HD and copy.... save on CD:s or whatever. You will not be able to get rid of it without Format C

thats madness, i havent changed the OS itself, just been installing and deleting other programs..

Best way to go about it is buy a new HD, install XP on that and copy as much shit across, it's impossible to 'downgrade' it's also impossible to ghost stuff across cause of the NTFS encryption. :(

If you are worried about losing your data, you could always use a program like 'partition magic' to create a second drive, move everything over to that, and then format the first partition and reinstall windows onto that.

same thing happen with me. I installed a trial Windows XP from Windows 98. XP didn't like the upgrade from 98 and did weird shit. I called Microsoft Customer Service and we tried everything under the sun to get my 98 back. We ended up re-formatting my computer.

if you install xp on the new HD.. you will not be able to copy over.. exactly for that reason.. NTFS partition.

YOU can gohst. the best thing to do is back everything up on a slave drive.. be it internal or external. Once you install the operationg system on the HD .. it encrypts files so that they can only be read when that HD is booted.

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i ckinda have to do everything tonight, i left it til the last minute and i think it will lock me out if i dont do it soon..
i'm also a computer newbie..
can i download this partition magic from somewhere and does it have instructions on how to set up partitions?