Uninstalling WinXP Pro

[ciwell]

Alright, I have just finished putting together my rig and installed WinXP Pro and all the drivers last night. I have 2 hard drives: A 74GB Raptor (partitioned 20/54) and a 160GB Samsung SATA.

Now, given that it was late, I stupidly (and accidentally) installed WinXP Pro and all my important files onto the 160 GB Samsung drive instead of the 20GB partition on the Raptor. I tried to uninstall it through the uninstall shield, however, it is not letting me do it. (Something about a log not being found). Furthermore, it is not letting me do a complete reformat of the drive either. Could someone please provide me some insanity reducing advice on how I can get rid of WinXP Pro and all the system files on the 160 so that I can install it on the 20? Thank you in advance.

 

[Navid]

Just disconnect the 160G drive from your PC. Install XP on the Raptor. Make sure that Raptor is a boot drive and is in the priority list after the CD drive in your BIOS before you start.

After the installation, hook up the 160G drive and make sure that the Raptor is the boot drive in the BIOS and not the SATA and reboot. You should be able to delete everything from the SATA then while booted to the newly installed XP on Raptor.

 

[ciwell]

Alright, I will try that.