How to get rid of XP?

[Tarp2]

I am trying to uninstall Windows XP and format the disk. I have a xp disc (of unknown origin) that will reinstall xp.

The goal is to totally be rid of XP and install Win 98. I cant seem to get to a place to format the disk, or get rid of xp.

The Floppy drive is inaccessible, and system seems to have a raid 2+ on it.

Can any one give me a way to totally clean this system and /or format xp out of here? Raid is not required in new OS.

Thx
Tarp

[John Prophet]

have you just tried a winME floppy disk from www.bootdisk.com

then just boot to the disk and run fdisk and 'delete non dos partitions'

JP

[Tarp2]

Unfortunately, The floppy disc drive does not function.

I would like to know how to get rid of xp. Maybe I will just pull the hard disc drive out and replace it.

Perhaps I should ask, how can I get to a place to format a system with xp on it?

Thank anyway.

Tarp

[TheHardDriveMan]

boot from the windows 98 cd, run with cdrom support for the hell of it and then run fdisk from the dos prompt and delete non dos partition.

[MitaDC]

or you could just get a floppy drive for about 7 bucks and it would be way cheaper than getting a new hard drive!

[zepper]

Most Windows 98 CDs are not self-booting. Get hold of a Knoppix CD, boot from it and use its partitioning tools to remove the partitions. If it is really RAID, you may have to use the RAID card/chipset's utilities to do it. Which means making your own boot CD (or DL an burn an ISO) with
the RAID tools added to it. Good luck.
.bh.

[TheHardDriveMan]

I've never used a windows 98 cd that was unbootable, just make sure you set your bios to boot cdrom before hdd-0 and it will boot.

[Tarp2]

With a 98 cd in it boots, and asks if I want to boot from cd, but the keyboard is unresponsive, and it just keeps bootiing to xp.
I am beginning to think this is a virus or a bootleg copy of xp. Is there no way to uninstall this? How can I get to a c or E drive that will let me FORMAT? I cant find any dos in here. I guess that is what I m used to.

I just want to get this program off the disc .

I am stumped.

I think I need some sleep. Thx people.

Tarp

[John Prophet]

take the drive to another xp machine...put it in as secondary...format it that way.

[thekingofpain]

What happens if you rightclick the drive from >my computer, and choose >format???

Edit----> (see next post)
Yer right Watch---now that I remember I stuck the drive in a functional system to pull that off---been awhile...