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OS uninstall question

razaron

razaron

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is there away to unninstall an operating system from a harddrive without formatting it.
eg. you have an OS installed on a HDD then you get an SSD and want to install the OS on that.
 
Your talking about XP right?

If so...

Just modify the "boot.ini" in msconfig.

What I recommend is install the new O/S on the new SSD drive first, then modify the "boot.ini" by deleting the line that contains the old O/S.
 
im on vista but thanks anyway
 
razaron said:
im on vista but thanks anyway
Click to expand...

same thing still...

run "msconfig" > Boot

Do it now to see how it looks. It will make sense then.

MSConfig_boot.gif
 
Why 'uninstall'?

Just install on the second drive, transfer data, activate Windows, then wipe the old drive.

I don't get what you're trying to do...
 
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