uninstallation or undo folder missing

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"kathy" <kathy206362003@yahoo.com> wrote:

>Hi. I am trying to uninstall windows xp home edition and
>there is no undo or uninstallation folder. there is no ms-
>dos, when i try to manually uninstall xp from safe mode
>with command prompt, it says windows cannot uninstall
>because registration information is missing, which is my
>uninstall or undo folder. XP isn't even in my add/remove
>programs. i have tried repeatedly crashing it only to
>have it reboot back to windows xp. I want to install
>windows 98 on it because windows xp is not compatible for
>my computer. I would appreciate help with this cause its
>not crashing and i don't know what else to do. It won't
>format hard drive either. PLEAASE HELP!!!!!

If there is no problem with formatting the HDD (which will destroy all
the data): get a bootdisk from www.bootdisk.com and start your
computer with it. Use FDISK to remove all partitions and to resetup
the HDD, then format the drives. Insert the Windows 98-CD and start
Setup.

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