I want to uninstall all my programs.

Here's the story,
I reformatted my pc on D:
I can't do it on C: tells me something errorish.
Now i would like to remove all my programs on C: and D: just programs BUT ALL OF IT wiped out,is there a program that does this?I want to...Add/Remove is soo slow and you have to click click and click and mostly my computer is clogged up with old programs thats why. So how would you do it?Thanks!

 

For uninstalling programs I use Revo.

http://majorgeeks.com/Revo_Uninstaller_d5706.html

 

But, will that be faster than using Windows Add or Remove Programs panel? Won't he still have to uninstall one program at a time?

 

I use Revo too, good app. It goes that little bit further when removing prog's. You get to remove useless key's & folder's after the uninstall. (use the cursor & space-bar to navigate, it's quicker than a mouse).
!! AND ONLY REMOVE THE BLUE FOLDER'S !!
Also, there's a load of helpful tool's under the option's icon (top-left).

 

Frankly you would be far better off reinstalling Windows than trying to uninstall all your apps. There are very few programs that uninstall cleanly, so even if you succeed you will end up with a very dirty system.

 

Is it worth wasting time on C:\ if the reason for formatting D:\ was that errors prevented formatting C:\ ?

Alan

 

We don't know what the errors were. Maybe the OP was trying to format C from C, who knows

 

You cannot format the C drive because that is the partition your computer's operating system runs off of. Manufacturers no longer send you system disks but set up a recovery partition on your hard drive to handle reinstalling the windows operating system. It was very unwise to format the "D" drive because you can no longer fix a serious problem in windows unless you pay to get an actual install cd. Your computer's manufacturer might allow you to buy a hard copy of what was on your recovery partition but it is very likely that you will have to buy a completely new copy of xp and start from scratch.

To format your computer entirely, you should have gone to that recovery partition and completely re-install windows. You can no longer do that because you formatted and erased all the files on that partition. And just for clarification "format" means erase entirely. You loose everything saved on your hard drive including personal files.

 

Please correct me if I am wrong here, but as far as I am aware recovery partitions do not appear in My Computer with a drive letter. They are usually formatted in such a way that the user cannot access them, for fairly obvious reasons.

However some manufacturers, Acer being one, do format the drive with C and D partitions, D being intended for the user's data. I suspect that is the partition the OP has formatted, and if that is correct, and if he still has the recovery CD, then he could still reinstall Windows.

 

Every computer I've ever worked with always has had the recovery partition show up in explorer. If they recently changed that policy, it's news to me.

 

Well that is odd, as recovery partitions are normally accessed by pressing a function key combination during the POST and cannot be accessed any other way. But then I admit I haven't seen every type of system in the world.

 

For all we know the power supply lead could have dropped off from Drive C:\ and Drive D:\ could be a separate entity with its own supply connection.

I agree that XP may refuse to format the system drive, but I suspect genuine DOS based 98 etc would format C:\. I remember when the most dangerous email attachment was a *.BAT file that read "Format C:\"
Whatever the operating system, a Boot CD can format C:\

Partition Managers, and even XP drive management, can change or hide drive letters, so I suspect a Recovery Partition could be hidden, or given any drive letter the computer supplier chose.

I really think the question I quote below should be answered.

Regards
Alan