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Removing Win XP Pro

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by lmcdonald 1 view

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I have installed WinXP Pro over WinXP Home. I want to get rid of the WinXP Pro. I am finding out that I cannot reinstall WinXP Home over the Pro. Do I have to do an fdisk in order to install my WinXP Home. I have a dell with a restore CD. Can I use that to install my WinXP Home after an fdisk?
(I do not have a restore point prior to the WinXP Pro install)
Thanks for the help....

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by wcp

Typically a Restore CD has an option to format the HD, thereby wiping out any current Windows, and clean install Windows that is in the CD.
The process also wipes out any programs and data.
If you have any data to save, do so before you use the Restore CD. You have to reinstall all programs you installed that are not in the Restore CD.

by thevirtualone

I'd like to offer that you partition your hard drive with any third party partitioning software or that you add a second hard drive and copy the data to it so that you can reclaim the data that was stored on it.

Step #1) copy all data to safe place
Step #2) reinstall with restore disk
Step #3) restore data to appropriate locations.

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