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...on my computer where I can boot to my old OS, WindowsXP Home Edition (Upgrade), or WindowsXP Professional Edition (OEM). I just want to get rid of the Home Edition, but the normal ways of doing that don't seem to be an option.
Here's the problem, for years I've been trying to fix all the hundreds of bugs that 2 Hard Drive crashes in 2003 and 2004 caused, but about two months ago, I just gave up and decided to start over with an OEM version of WindowsXP Pro on my D: drive, so now, I've transfered over all of my files and am ready to un-install WindowsXP Home Edition, but Windows won't let me!
The "Goto Add/Remove Program and click on WindowsXP in the list" entry isn't there and when I try to reboot in "Safe Mode with the Command Prompt" option the thing never actually finishes booting, it just keeps hitting the hard drive like it's booting, but it doesn't finish. I left it to boot last night while I was sleeping (probably 6 to 7 hours), but when I woke up, it was still booting!
So then I tried booting normally and in "Safe Mode" and using the Command Prompt, but that didn't work either! It said something like, "Un-install can not be completed, because **** files are missing..." or something along those lines.
So this is what I'm thinking of doing. First, Deleting the reference to the Home Edition from the "Control Panel>System Properties>Startup and Recovery>System Startup list and then Deleting the files in my old C:\Windows folder, what do you think?
Would that work?
I don't need the old WindowsXP Home Edition OS anymore and just want it gone.
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