Hardware

Ask something
Question Locked

Uninstall System Commander - Completely!

0 helpful
14 replies

by cruffin

Closed to new repliesThis discussion is closed. It stays readable, but it takes no new replies.
I (regretfully) installed System Commander on a Win XP SP2, and after realizing how completely it had taken over just about every system function, I uninstalled it - or thought so. Every time I boot now, I get the message "syscommand.sys cannot be found" and a boot partition menu. How can I get rid of that message, and go back to a normal boot?

14 replies

by cg it

boot from the System commander CD. then choose the option to uninstall it. System Commander writes to the MBR. When you use the uninstall fuction from the CD, it rewrites the MBR to a generic MBR.

If you've tried this method and it didn't work, the only other way is to boot to the Windows CD or a DOS CD and use the fdisk/mbr command to rewrite the MBR.

by cisfrjsii

This works only if the original MBR was saved as BOOT.DAT, a hidden read only file and has not been altered or deletesd to which our companion HAS done...

Please Note:
That your method is correct if The Saved BOOT.DAT file unaltered can be recovered.
if non recoverable, a Red dialog Box with Boot I,,, appears asking you to select one of the OS it has found on your hardDrive

by dmiles

If you used Add/Remove to uninstall System Commander,it left some files
The solution would be to reinstall System Commander,make sure you have turned off program in the system tray,then use the Uninstall Application under the Programs menu,using the unistall from the drop down menu will delete all files.
Hope this helps

by cisfrjsii

In accordance with the next entry after the Post ie; Peolple who read this, Also read !!
--------------------------------------------------------
1. Problems with parttiton commander
2. Multiple Boot choice

First! Maybe you don`t USE or are unaware what Partition Commander is ...

Secondly; Multiple-boot issues are everyday common issues ...

NOW! Due to marketing and my desire to see others succeed, I intensionally sought out this type of POST to assist those who to this date,,, are still wrangling with what the post is all about.

Next: This is supposed to be a place of professionalism, and tacky comments like >>ZOMBIE ALERT belong in some Instant Messaging or ZOMBIE chat room !!!

As Stated "FORUM" means open discussion or voicing of ideas in any Wikipedia.

The Company that allows you to Post your sacrcasim, is a Reputable company trying to assist, inform and work with the best of talents make the Industry as a whole, more informed and well balanced.

Somehow, you found this Post to Sarcastically Reply to so, That means that others Looking shall be able to find it as well and use the Post as intended, that is to Disscuss, Voice of their Ideas, get answers to their Questions and relief when they finally find the answer to what prevents them from having a positive experience with ther Computer or Internet Service

Now! look at me;
RESPONDING to issues like this instead Researching an developing
something to bennefit mankind ...

by older mycroft

And try to get your facts accurate.

I tripped over the original thread because you had already posted into it - the question should be, how did YOU find it?

If it weren't for your salacious money-grabbing intent, I'd never have mentioned ZOMBIE ALERT!!!

You're damn lucky I didn't mark it up as SPAM. ;)

by 93961

Zombie Alert!!! OP more than 37 months old!

by technocrat25

Some multiboot options replace the Master Boot Record Loader program with their own, to ensure they come up first and load the program from their partition.

To fully remove this type of program, it is best to start over deleting everything on the drive and reinstall. You will first need to rewrite the MBR (Master Boot Record) and recreate your partitions.

1. Create a bootable floppy.
2. fdisk /mbr

If this does not remove the program, then you will need to use the Hard Drive Manufacture's utility and perform a lower level format to rewrite the Hard Drive Profile and MBR.

This discussion is closed to new replies.