Install Error: SID already exists

Hello,
I uninstalled 9i whose SID is, say, BLNG. Now I am installing 10gR2 and I'd like to use the same SID name. But install says:
The SID you have specified already exists on this machine. Please specify a different SID.
I need to use the same SID. How do I get install to accept a previously used SID? Which files / registry entries do I need to change or delete.
Thanks,
gk

It is much safer/better to drop a database before you uninstall Oracle software.
Now that you have uninstalled without dropping you need to clean every single trace manually since the uninstall was not legal or complete.
Before following these steps backup your PC and registry
1- start your PC in safe mode, delete the parent Oracle folder from your drive.
2- Restart in Normal mode.
3- Open the registry using regedit.exe from start/run/
4- delete from the registry the following entries/keys
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/ORACLE
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM
Controlset001/services/%oracle_services%
Controlset002/services/%oracle_services%
Now you need clean the legacy entries from your registry.
If your OS is not Win XP you need to use regedt32.exe. If Win XP then use the regedit.exe.
To remove the legacy entries you have to be the Administrator and change the security on the legacy keys so you can delete it.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/SYSTEM/Controlset001/ENUM/Root/Legacy%Oracle_services%
and the same for Controllset002.
I suggest you’d be VERY CAREFUL with the registry, one single mistake and bye-bye Windows.
and also drop the database with dbca before you uninstall the software, and use oradim to remove the services.
Hope this helps
Tony Garabedian
If you have other Oracle products installed on you machine, make sure you delete only the uninstalled database entries/keys from the registry.
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