Uninstall windows xp and parallel from mac

HI,
I have parallels and windows xp installed on my mac.
How do I completely uninstall xp and then completely uninstall parallel?
I have been using it for a month now and think it's pretty poor - so I'm going to change to boot camp as it seems like a bit of a safer option for when doing important university work.
Thanks

Before you uninstall anything, do some more research. It seem to remember reading somewhere that there was a method of installing boot camp and transferring Windows XP from the Parallels folder.
You may also want to consider how much RAM you have to support Windows in Parallels.

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