a friend of mine was given a comp with windows xp on it and then they installed windows xp upgrade. how do I remove the upgrade or do I need to wipe the whole C drive clean as it is taking up a lot of memory and a lot of the programs are interferring with each other.
dcteddybear40 0 Newbie Poster
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Jump to PostThe best thing to do is format and install the OS best suited for that computer .
Jump to PostI don't have the CD to reinstall Window's XP so how can I reformat? It is a Dell Computer.
Thanks in advance
i don't know were to start !you don't have a windows cd to reload ! ,so if you format you will have nothing ,you need to go out …
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Squires 81 Junior Poster
IF an upgrade goes wrong, formatting the drive is probably the best thing to do. However, if you want to try and uninstall here is a site with instructions:
uninstall upgrades
dcteddybear40 0 Newbie Poster
Thank you I will try that and let you know.
caperjack 875 I hate 20 Questions Team Colleague
The best thing to do is format and install the OS best suited for that computer .
dcteddybear40 0 Newbie Poster
I don't have the CD to reinstall Window's XP so how can I reformat? It is a Dell Computer.
Thanks in advance
caperjack 875 I hate 20 Questions Team Colleague
I don't have the CD to reinstall Window's XP so how can I reformat? It is a Dell Computer.
Thanks in advance
i don't know were to start !you don't have a windows cd to reload ! ,so if you format you will have nothing ,you need to go out and buy winxp to be able to format and reload winxp! :)
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