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getting rid of xp

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by bbhagrid

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I am having a problem getting winxp off a pc i tried using the uninstall feature but it says i cant due to no registration numbers and i tried to get to dos to try and reformat but i cant seem to get to it without a boot disk and then it stil wont let me format can anyone help me get this rotten os off this pc?

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by mdelyea

You will need a boot disk with fdisk on it. Delete the xp partition (it may show up as a non-dos partition if it was set up as NTFS). Create a new FAT32 partiton, reboot your computer and format the drive. Note: you may also have to fdisk/mbr.

by bbhagrid

i have tried to fdisk but it says incorrect ms-dos version and then the pc shuts down grrrr windows xp = windows xtra problems? I am needing help in a bad way to get this thing fixed and put win98 back on it thanks to all that reply

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