Uninstalling Windows NT 4.0.
Issue
Uninstalling Windows NT 4.0.
Cause
Users who have dual booted or may no longer run Windows NT 4.0 may wish to have Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 uninstalled.
Solutions
Windows NT only
If only Windows NT is on the computer it is recommended that you fdisk the hard disk drive; delete and recreate the partitions and then format and reinstall Windows NT.
- How to erase my hard disk drive and start over.
- See the fdisk command page for further information about this command.
Windows NT with dual boot computer
Boot the computer with a bootable Windows 98 bootable diskette.
At the prompt a:\> type "sys c:" which should return system transferred. Once the system has been transferred, reboot the computer back into Windows 98.
In Windows 98 locate and delete the below files if present.
NTLDR
NTDETECT.COM
BOOT.INI
NTBOOTDD.SYS
Once the above 4 files have been located and deleted or are no longer present on the hard disk drive, delete the Windows NT folder or partition.
Finally, locate the file PAGEFILE.SYS and delete it.