Guest ADB Posted August 17, 2008 Posted August 17, 2008 I am trying to cancel an installation of Windows XP Pro. I discovered that I am using the wrong disc (installed on another machine) and want to install Windows Home. However the machine is putting me thru hell by not allowing me to cancel the installation, it simply keeps cycling to the point where it asks for the product key over and over. Removing the disc generates an error that causes a reboot that asks for the disc and then goes thru install again and is in an infinite friggin loop. I am completely fed up. How can I stop this?
Guest Mick Murphy Posted August 17, 2008 Posted August 17, 2008 RE: Cancel Win XP Pro installation Set the Boot Order to boot from CD/DVD drive 1st(you should have that already done if installing XP Pro), insert Home disk, reboot, load files, delete whatever partition you have already set up, set up your new partition, format it, install the Home OS. -- Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia "ADB" wrote: > I am trying to cancel an installation of Windows XP Pro. I discovered that I > am using the wrong disc (installed on another machine) and want to install > Windows Home. However the machine is putting me thru hell by not allowing me > to cancel the installation, it simply keeps cycling to the point where it > asks for the product key over and over. Removing the disc generates an error > that causes a reboot that asks for the disc and then goes thru install again > and is in an infinite friggin loop. > I am completely fed up. How can I stop this?
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