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MattSSS Posts 2 Registration date Monday March 23, 2009 Status Member Last seen March 25, 2009 - Mar 24, 2009 at 11:14 AM
MattSSS Posts 2 Registration date Monday March 23, 2009 Status Member Last seen March 25, 2009 - Mar 25, 2009 at 09:00 PM
Hello, I recently tried to reformat my home computer using windows xp professional. Once I got through most of the setup and was prompted to enter my product key i realized i had lost it. I bought i copy of windows xp home edition service pack 3 so that i would now have a copy i could provide a product key for when prompted. My problem is that my computer is stuck in the original setup for the professional edition and keeps telling me that there is a setup error when i try to boot from the home edition cd. Any help would be greatly apprectiated.
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nyyc Posts 5 Registration date Thursday March 19, 2009 Status Member Last seen June 16, 2009 5
Mar 25, 2009 at 02:28 AM
hi,
try to put your hard disk as slave in another computer and format it.
then put it in your computer to install windows on it.
this should work.
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MattSSS Posts 2 Registration date Monday March 23, 2009 Status Member Last seen March 25, 2009
Mar 25, 2009 at 09:00 PM
Worked wonderfully! thanks so much!
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