Troubleshoot
Windows XP Installation
If you have problems installing or using Windows XP Professional, the following tips
and instructions can help.
Data Loss May Occur After Reinstalling, Repairing, or Upgrading Windows XP
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 312368 - You may lose data that is stored in the All Users folder and you may lose default program templates and settings that are stored in the Default User folder after you reinstall, repair, or upgrade Windows XP.
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Issue Installing Windows XP on Computers That Have Wireless LAN Adapters
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 310528 - You may experience networking problems when you install Windows XP on a computer that has a wireless local area network (LAN) adapter that is based on a Symbol Technologies
chipset.
UnInstalling
Operating Systems
How to Remove Linux and Install Windows on Your Computer
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 247804 - This article describes how you can remove the Linux operating system from your computer, and install a Windows operating system. This article also assumes that Linux is already installed on the hard disk using Linux native and Linux swap
partitions, which are incompatible with the Windows operating
system, and that there is no free space left on the drive.
How to Manually Start the Uninstall Process to Remove Windows XP
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 312569 - If you cannot boot into Windows XP in Normal mode or Safe mode, and you upgraded the operating system from Microsoft Windows 98 or Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (Me), you may need to manually uninstall Windows XP. You can also
use the procedures that are described in this article to cancel
Windows XP Setup if this option is not available at some point
during the installation
How
to Uninstall Windows XP and Revert to a Previous Operating System
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 303661 - This
article describes how to uninstall Windows XP after an upgrade (by
using a qualifying upgrade path) has completed successfully. This
would include the successful creation of the Windows XP
uninstallation files (Backup.cab and Boot.cab) during the initial
upgrade.
Cannot Remove Windows XP, Error Message: Cannot Create the Folder
(810880) - When you try to remove Windows XP, you may receive the
following error message: Cannot create the
folder drive letter :\ Windows folder \ folder name If you
click Retry , you receive the same message. If you click Quit ,
the computer restarts, and then you recieve the same error
message.
Error
Message: Setup Cannot Uninstall Windows XP Because the Backup
Image Was Created in the Future
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 318029 -
When
you try to remove (uninstall) Windows XP after you upgrade from
Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (Me), you may receive the
following error message: Setup cannot
uninstall Windows XP because the backup image was created in the
future according to the current time. Check computer date and time
settings.
