As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
                        on January 6, 1998

                                       Registration No. 333-20751
                                                                 
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               SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                     Washington, D.C. 20549
                                
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                 POST EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2
                               TO
                            FORM S-3
     REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                                
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                       VANSTAR CORPORATION
     (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

               Delaware                         94-2376431
     (State or other jurisdiction            (I.R.S. Employer
     of incorporation or organization)       Identification No.)

                       1100 Abernathy Road
                    Building 500, Suite 1200
                     Atlanta, Georgia 30328
                         (770) 522-4700
  (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
     area code, of Registrant's principal executive offices)


                 H. CHRISTOPHER COVINGTON, ESQ.
         Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
                       Vanstar Corporation
            1100 Abernathy Road, Building 500, Suite 1200
                     Atlanta, Georgia 30328
                         (770) 522-4700
                               
                            Copy to:
                                
                     STANLEY R. HULLER, ESQ.
                       Arter & Hadden LLP
                  1717 Main Street, Suite 4100
                    Dallas, Texas 75201-4605
                         (214) 761-2100
                                
          (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone
          number, including area code, of agent for service)

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Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:
                               N/A
                                
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      If  any of the securities being registered on this Form are to 
be  offered  on  a delayed  or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 
under  the  Securities Act of 1933,  other  than  securities offered
only  in  connection  with dividend  or interest reinvestment plans, 
check the following box.  [  ]

      If the registrant elects to deliver its latest annual report  to
security  holders,  or  a  complete  and  legible  facsimile  thereof,
pursuant to Item 11(a)(1) of this Form, check the following box. [  ]

      If  this Form is filed to register additional securities for  an
offering  pursuant  to  Rule 462(b) under the Securities  Act,  please
check  the  following  box  and list the Securities  Act  registration
statement  number of the earlier effective registration statement  for
the same offering.  [  ]

     If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule
462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list  the
Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier  effective
registration statement for the same offering. [  ]

      If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to
Rule 434, please check the following box.  [  ]

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                  DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES
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Title of Each Class of          |   Amount Initially    |    Amount Being 
Securities to be Deregistered   |      Registered       |    Deregistered 
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Common Stock, $.001 par value   |      1,132,491        |       47,625    
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                    DEREGISTRATION OF SHARES

     On   January  30,  1997,  Vanstar  Corporation,  a  Delaware
corporation  (the  "Company"),  filed  with  the  Securities  and
Exchange Commission a Registration Statement (Reg. No. 333-20751)
on  Form  S-1  under  the Securities Act  of  1933,  as  amended,
covering the following shares of the Company's common stock,  par
value $.001 per share (the "Shares"), being offered from time  to
time on behalf of and for the account of certain stockholders  of
the  Company:   (1) up to 952,491 Shares issued  to  or  for  the
benefit  of  the  shareholders of Contract  Data  Services,  Inc.
("CDS"),  and (2) up to 180,000 Shares issued for the benefit  of
DCT  Systems,  Inc.,  Niloy, Inc. and  NCT  Systems,  Inc.   Such
Registration  Statement,  as amended by Post-Effective  Amendment
No.  1  on  Form  S-3 filed on September 18, 1997,  was  declared
effective on October 22, 1997.
     
     In accordance with the undertakings of the Company set forth
in  Part  II  of  the Registration Statement, the Company  hereby
deregisters  the  47,625 Shares that have been  returned  to  the
Company  upon the closing of the escrow established in connection
with the acquisition of CDS.




                           SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the "Securities Act"), the Registrant has duly caused
this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement
to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Atlanta, State of Georgia, on
January 6, 1998.

                              VANSTAR CORPORATION

                              By:  /s/ William Y. Tauscher
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                                   William Y. Tauscher
                                   Chairman of the Board and
                                   Chief Executive Officer

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons
in the capacities and on the dates indicated:

       Signatures                   Title                  Date
       ----------                   -----                  ----
                                                             
 /s/ William Y. Tauscher  Chairman of the Board,     January 6, 1998
- ------------------------  Chief Executive Officer            
  William Y. Tauscher     and Director
                          
    /s/ Kauko Aronaho     Senior Vice President      January 6, 1998
- ------------------------  and  Chief Financial
    Kauko Aronaho         Officer (Principal
                          Financial and Accounting
                          Officer)
                                                             
    /s/ Jay S. Amato*     President, Chief           January 6, 1998
- ------------------------  Operating Officer and
   Jay S. Amato           Director
                                                             
    /s/ John W. Amerman*  Director                   January 6, 1998
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    John W. Amerman
                                                             
    /s/ Richard H. Bard*  Director                   January 6, 1998
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    Richard H. Bard
                                                             
   /s/ Stephen W. Fillo*  Director                   January 6, 1998
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   Stephen W. Fillo
                                                             
/s/ Stewart K.P. Gross*   Director                   January 6, 1998
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   Stewart K. P. Gross
                                                             
 /s/ William H. Janeway*  Director                   January 6, 1998
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   William H. Janeway
                                                             
   /s/ John R. Oltman*    Director                   January 6, 1998
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   John R. Oltman
                                                             
 /s/ John L. Vogelstein*  Director                   January 6, 1998
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   John L. Vogelstein
            
   /s/ Josh S. Weston*    Director                   January 6, 1998
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    Josh S. Weston


*By: /s/ H. Christopher Covington
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    H. Christopher Covington
    Attorney-in-Fact and Agent