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by the scruffy1 1 view

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Hi all,
This might be a dumb question,but,how i do i uninstall winME in a dual boot situation with 2000 pro.
I wish to uninstall it so i can reinstall 98se and i dont really want to format the HD.

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by dmiles

By not using a third party software such as Partition Magic,you will probaly create problems in the long run rather than reformatting the drive
Open the Control Panel,double-click the Add/Remove programs icon and the uninstall Windows Me program should be listed,highlight and selecct the remove button.

by dmiles

Remove Windows 9X From A Dual Boot w/Win2K
Remove the read only property from the boot.ini file,then open the boot.ini file using notepad.
Delete the lines refer to Windows9X
Then delete the Windows and Program Files folders from the Windows 9X partition,and delete the boot files-io.sys,msdos.sys,command.com and if necessary autoexec.bat and config.sys

by the scruffy1

Thanks for the advice,ive decided to format and start again as i'm not that confident with my abilaties playing with the files.
have some points on me again matey.

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