Problem Uninstalling Win2000 Professional
This is a discussion about Problem Uninstalling Win2000 Professional in the Windows Software category; I have been wanting to do a clean install of Win98 and win2000 Professional. The only problem is i can not uninstall Windows 2000 completly. I formatted the drive it was previously in (C:/), but i still notice the 2 Cpu's text in my bios when i load up, which means that my computer still recognizes win2000 as still ...
I have been wanting to do a clean install of Win98 and win2000 Professional. The only problem is i can not uninstall Windows 2000 completly. I formatted the drive it was previously in (C:/), but i still notice the 2 Cpu's text in my bios when i load up, which means that my computer still recognizes win2000 as still being on the machine. Can anyone please tell me how to completly uninstall windows 2000 so i can do a fresh install of win98 and eventually dual boot with 2000.
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Of course your PC notices 2 cpu's, thats the bios' job. Everything in your computer has to be recognised and identified before it even gets anywhere near an OS. Wouldn't you think something is wrong if you turned on your computer and it said you had NO cpu's?
[This message has been edited by Seldzar (edited 26 January 2000).]
[This message has been edited by Seldzar (edited 26 January 2000).]
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thats what i want to get rid of, it never said that till i installed windows 2000. Thats how i know windows 2000 is still recognized on it. I want to delete any existence of windows 2000 and i have already reset my bios but it still recognizes windows 2000 as being on my computer
Windows 2000 is not on your computer if you formatted drive c: (assuming that is really where you installed windows 2000). Your bios can not possibly detect which os you have and the os does not change the bios in any permanent fashion as you are describing. If you are running an smp system then, as Seldzar said, your bios should be reporting that. One more time - if you formatted your system drive, it is PATENTLY IMPOSSIBLE for there to be any remnant of the operating system left.
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