Vista - how do I uninstall vista beta 2 64bit ?

I need to uninstall Vista Beta 2 64bit, to be able to install the 32bit
version in that partition. 64bit version has hardly any diver available?

HOW DO I UNINSTALL VISTA?

You cannot reformat the partition, nor delete the files (access denied) +
bootloader can only swap the boot order of XP or Vista. How do I get rid of
Vista for good?

Thanks, hoping to get an answer soon

The only way to uninstall is to format the partition outside of the OS. If you
want to install the 32 bit version, just do it from within setup after booting
from the DVD. Click on the Advanced button on the drive/partition selection
screen, and there is an option for formating the selected partition.
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Mark Dietz
PROnetworks <http://www.pro-networks.org>

cornel wrote:
> I need to uninstall Vista Beta 2 64bit, to be able to install the 32bit
> version in that partition. 64bit version has hardly any diver available?
>
> HOW DO I UNINSTALL VISTA?
>
> You cannot reformat the partition, nor delete the files (access denied) +
> bootloader can only swap the boot order of XP or Vista. How do I get rid of
> Vista for good?
>
> Thanks, hoping to get an answer soon

"Mark Dietz" <imnuts@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:OlQgtInlGHA.2304@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
I can only confirm with Mark Dietz in what he's saying. The only way to do
it is to have a copy on disc and boot from that disc. It'll give you the
option to select a partition and there are advanced settings too.

I hope we helped you out a bit as it really is the only way of doing it, if
it's on your system partition.


> The only way to uninstall is to format the partition outside of the OS. If
> you want to install the 32 bit version, just do it from within setup after
> booting from the DVD. Click on the Advanced button on the drive/partition
> selection screen, and there is an option for formating the selected
> partition.
> ----------
> Mark Dietz
> PROnetworks <http://www.pro-networks.org>
>
> cornel wrote:
>> I need to uninstall Vista Beta 2 64bit, to be able to install the 32bit
>> version in that partition. 64bit version has hardly any diver available?
>>
>> HOW DO I UNINSTALL VISTA?
>>
>> You cannot reformat the partition, nor delete the files (access denied) +
>> bootloader can only swap the boot order of XP or Vista. How do I get rid
>> of Vista for good?
>>
>> Thanks, hoping to get an answer soon

Thank you colddove and Herr Dietz. I installed Vista 32 bit on top of 64bit
version and had to delete the system and personal files that Vista 32 renamed
Windows.old, now it is working. Too bad there are so few 64bits drivers, I
ran into the same drivers problem with Windows XP 64bit.
Thank for your input

"colddove" wrote:

>
> "Mark Dietz" <imnuts@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:OlQgtInlGHA.2304@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> I can only confirm with Mark Dietz in what he's saying. The only way to do
> it is to have a copy on disc and boot from that disc. It'll give you the
> option to select a partition and there are advanced settings too.
>
> I hope we helped you out a bit as it really is the only way of doing it, if
> it's on your system partition.
>
>
> > The only way to uninstall is to format the partition outside of the OS. If
> > you want to install the 32 bit version, just do it from within setup after
> > booting from the DVD. Click on the Advanced button on the drive/partition
> > selection screen, and there is an option for formating the selected
> > partition.
> > ----------
> > Mark Dietz
> > PROnetworks <http://www.pro-networks.org>
> >
> > cornel wrote:
> >> I need to uninstall Vista Beta 2 64bit, to be able to install the 32bit
> >> version in that partition. 64bit version has hardly any diver available?
> >>
> >> HOW DO I UNINSTALL VISTA?
> >>
> >> You cannot reformat the partition, nor delete the files (access denied) +
> >> bootloader can only swap the boot order of XP or Vista. How do I get rid
> >> of Vista for good?
> >>
> >> Thanks, hoping to get an answer soon
>

I had a similar problem, this is how I solved it:
I had installed Vista64 onto a disk with 4 logical drives -
C = XP Pro (Pri partition), D=(No OS, ext part), E=Vista64 ext part, and
F=(No OS, ext part)

When I found out that XP would not re-format the vista drive E, I moved
everything from F to another computer (over net), then I deleted the E and F
logical drives, -- that procedure allowed XP Pro to reformat both E and F
(back to normal).

You can use the XP Pro Install CD to 'repair the boot process' - if needed
(I didn't yet).

Hope that Helps...

BenHereB4

"Mark Dietz" wrote:

> The only way to uninstall is to format the partition outside of the OS. If you
> want to install the 32 bit version, just do it from within setup after booting
> from the DVD. Click on the Advanced button on the drive/partition selection
> screen, and there is an option for formating the selected partition.
> ----------
> Mark Dietz
> PROnetworks <http://www.pro-networks.org>
>
> cornel wrote:
> > I need to uninstall Vista Beta 2 64bit, to be able to install the 32bit
> > version in that partition. 64bit version has hardly any diver available?
> >
> > HOW DO I UNINSTALL VISTA?
> >
> > You cannot reformat the partition, nor delete the files (access denied) +
> > bootloader can only swap the boot order of XP or Vista. How do I get rid of
> > Vista for good?
> >
> > Thanks, hoping to get an answer soon
>