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Uninstalling Win2000????
Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2001 11:28 pm
by gmattson
Anyone know how to unistall win2000? I want to re-install win98, but can't seem to rid my backup computer of win2000.
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GEM
Uninstalling Win2000????
Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2001 12:40 pm
by Dakkon
George,
3 options for removing Win 2k.
1. Boot from a floppy/Win 9x cd and use fdisk to remove the partion and reformat.
2. If dual booting, boot to 9x and edit the boot.ini and delete the Win2k stuff
3. Some machines in the bios will allow a "Low level" format do that.
[This message has been edited by Dakkon (edited October 14, 2001).]
Uninstalling Win2000????
Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2001 3:06 pm
by Allen M.
Uh, Thanks Chuck.
Stay away from low level format unless you have reached the point where you want to throw the drive or computer out the window, GEM. a) Absolutely cannot be interrupted. b) Sometimes requires assembly language coding -- esp. if a low level format is interrupted.
George -- why the downgrade? Games?
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Allen Moulton from
Uechi-ryu Etcetera
Uninstalling Win2000????
Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2001 6:45 pm
by gmattson
While my main computer was down two months ago, I upgraded my older Toshiba to win2000, while adding another 256meg of memory.
Even with the added memory, the computer ran slowly and I could not use my old reliable HP deskjet printer. So now that I have my main computer back and running win2000 beautifully, I wanted to reinstall win98 on the Toshiba. (Susan may be inheriting this machine)
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GEM
Uninstalling Win2000????
Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2001 11:19 pm
by gmattson
Harry Skeffington dropped in this evening and got my win2000 working on the Toshiba. With only 65meg of memory, the programs work almost as well as my main computer!!!
I'm impressed...
Thanks Harry.
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GEM