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STEPHEN412 - 04 May 2004 21:29 GMT

i need to uninstall windows 98 from my PC but i think that
i converted it to a fat32 and wasnt spose to cause now it
wont uninstall for some reason.....can anyone please tell
what to do?

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Bert Kinney - 05 May 2004 20:22 GMT

Hi Stephen,

I am assuming you upgraded from Win95 (Fat16) to Win98 (Fat16)
and selected to "Save System Files" in the setup process. Then
converted from Fat16 to Fat32. If this is the case, the conversion
deleted the undo or uninstall files. Windows98 will not be able to be
uninstalled. To check which Fat is in use, open My Computer and right
click on the C:\ drive. Look at File System.

Your only choice at this point would be to do a clean install of Win95.

Or you could post the particular problem your having with the Win98 install.

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> i need to uninstall windows 98 from my PC but i think that
> i converted it to a fat32 and wasnt spose to cause now it
> wont uninstall for some reason.....can anyone please tell
> what to do?

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Bill31 - 07 May 2004 00:54 GMT

Why uninstall, use a partition manager to create a new partition, install
your operating system on the new partition.

You wouldn't loose any data because the old partition is accessible as a
disk drive.

Bill
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