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Uninstall Office 2007, reformat HDD, and re-install using the ...
I decided, what the hell, I'll just uninstall my OS, reformat and do a clean install. During the install I installed each and every update and application one at a time, checking the function of my fingerprint reader after each update and application, rebooting after each one. I had many updates and applications to

hard drive damage after uninstall
I actually recommend that heavy computer users (specifically, those who install/uninstall programs on a regular basis) do a "burn down" (reformat) every six months or so. You'll be pleased with the results, but make sure to back-up the important stuff. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Jason

SR1 Bug
Make a note of what Win95 password cache updates you've installed - then install the same ones after you reformat. After you reformat, be sure to use the same username that you're using now, so the password file will match up. -- Hope this helps, Delwin F. Lee - delw...@technologist.com (remove * in address when

HELP--Uninstall XPPro, reformat
I have scoured the Microsoft Knowledge Base but cannot find any reference to uninstalling other than after upgrading from a previous issue of Windows. Obviously the system cannot uninstall itself. Or can it? Reg Burgess As a general rule, you can't uninstall an operating system. You have to reformat the drive and

Uninstall
I am replacing this drive with a larger one and want to reformat the 1 Gig drive to install Win 98. Can I use the DOS fdisk to reformat this drive and install Win 98 or do I have to use Linux fdisk or some other util? Thanks, Ken DOS fdisk will work just fine. I'm not sure if the dos fdisk will be able to delete

Uninstall NT
However, a poorly coded uninstall routine could concievably do some damage, I suppose. What about the performance of other programs? Same answer. Secondly, in regards to the topic's title...what factors are considered when thinking about a reformat and reinstall? That is, why does a person consider taking such a

ScanDisk freezes after botched uninstall.
Bite the bullet, reformat the hard drive and the next time you borrow some software be prepared to do some research because if you keep bugging the person who loaned Without looking back through the newsgroups I told the individual something along the lines of "Unless you have alot of time to kill, reformat the

OE 5 - can't post, email, or uninstall
The only sure way is to reformat and reinstall from scratch what you want. It's best to assume that all installs are permanent and that there's no going back. This may be a windows problem and not an OE problem since I can't seem to uninstall quite a few things tonight... Earlier I uninstalled WinXP Home,

Uninstall Office 2007, reformat HDD, and re-install using the ...
... in "detail" how to completely uninstall/reinstall windows xp home edition? Boot from the Windows XP CD and you can choose to make a fresh install here. You also can reformat/re-setup the HDD during this process, what will destroy all the data on the disk and aso also your existing Windows installation. -- (tm)

Uninstall question on reformat...
Hopefuly you imaged before installing. The warnings were as easy to see as the download was to find. You will probably need to reformat. I've been able to just uninstall service packs before with no problem. This should be no different. I do hope reformatting is not my last option. To many games to reinstall.

reI :need help
Angela angelas-...@bigpond.com microsoft public win2000 general My problem is that I bought a PC secondhand with win 2000 on it (without discs) and want to reformat the hard drive and install win95 or win98 which I have the discs for. But there seems to be no way to format the hard drive , when I go to explorer

I tried to uninstall xp to go to millenium to reformat.
Colin Barnhorst c.barnho...@comcast.net microsoft public windowsxp general If the program installers are well behaved and uninstall properly you would see no impact to performance. Secondly, in regards to the topic's title...what factors are considered when thinking about a reformat and reinstall?

UNINSTALL
But what if I want to do FORMAT before a CLEAN install? There is no option to format the drive and reinstall from scratch, only the option to reistall over the current install. (I also found that I can't uninstall XP from the control panel because I installed it on a brand new drive and set it up as NTFS.) Help!

Does SE uninstall without problems?
I need help in reformatting the hard drive on my computer because I haven't been able to find a way to get through to DOS. When I use the command line prompt in 2000 Professional, it will not let me continue (mentioning something about handles). How do I reformat the hard drive in Windows 2000 Professional?

help me uninstall this problem please!
Ricardo M. Urbano - W2K/NT4 MVP r...@columbiaSPAM.SUCKSedu microsoft public win2000 general Depends on what you want to do next. Why do you want to uninstall/reformat? Maciek wrote: How to uninstall Windows 2000 or how to foramat a HD? -- Ricardo M. Urbano Microsoft Windows 2000/NT MVP.

How do I uninstall Linux and reformat HD
Walt Trip Lane wrote: Rich - Unfortunately, there is no uninstall provision for DirectX. The only sure way to reinstall DirectX is a reformat of the HD and a reinstall of Win98. There is a third-party uninstaller program available at http://www.ebrink.com/dxun/Direct.htm which may help but it's not foolproof (but

need uninstall/reformat help
My question is, can I uninstall 9??? Yes you can if you want to, although all versions live well together. Don't forget to install the 3 patches that were developed to fix problems with the original release of vX You can download them here (and have to install each one (10.01, 10.02 and 10.03) in sequence:

uninstall XP
... yes i know its a virus. and no i cant uninstall internet explorer through add & remove programs because when i try to it doesnt allow me to...ive tried to delete the folder through my hard drive and that also doesnt allow me to do so...i want internet explorer out of my computer! other then to reformat my hard

Uninstall Office 2007, reformat HDD, and re-install using the ...
My question is, can I uninstall 9??? Further to Dave and Joe's good advice, you might consider saving the "Paint Shop Pro 9.exe" file, even if you uninstall PSP 9 to recover disk space. Put it back in its place under Program Files. That's what the PSP 10 upgrade installation looks for.

How uninstall win 95 without reformat hard disk?
Because the fault is complex, the best solution, espeicaly with ME is to backup all the user files, and reformat the drive. I downloaded the Nero demo from the vendor site and found I liked it better and proceeded to uninstall Easy CD Creator, first from the Uninstall option in the Program menu,