accidental setup

[sayduckshun]

make: Gateway Win XP - home edition

When the power went off & came back, my dad accidently kicked off the
XP setup, The XP CD was in the CDrom and I think the machine must have
booted from the CDrom.

The setup is failing after reaching 34% and a blue screen with the
error comes just for a micro second so I cant read what the error is.

I tried to go to the recovery console but its asking for an admin
password. I tried various passwords including blank, tab etc.. but its
not going through.
I dont believe i have set this up.

I also tried going into safe mode by using F8 but it doesnt work.
Tried to do Ctrl + alt + del twice at the welcome screen but it doesnt
work..

any thoughts on what I should do next?

thanks for your help,

regards,

Harish

 

[Crusty \(-: Old B@stard :-\)]

There is no way to "accidentally" get as far as you did, even if you booted
from the CD by accident. There are a few screens that "demand" interaction
on your part. Why didn't you just cancel out of the install? You have a few
opportunities to do so!

--
Regards:

Richard Urban

aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard