Began installing wrong product

[Guest]

Got to the enter password section and realised rather than installing our new
XP home I'd installed my father's XP pro and obviously couldn't apply the
product key. Tried to install XP home using the bootable disk and now it
just keeps going to the previous installation of XP pro which I can't get rid
of.

How can I delete this xp pro installation? It was the first installation
onto a blank hard-drive.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

Got to the enter password section and realised rather than
installing our new XP home I'd installed my father's XP pro and
obviously couldn't apply the product key. Tried to install XP home
using the bootable disk and now it just keeps going to the previous
installation of XP pro which I can't get rid of.

How can I delete this xp pro installation? It was the first
installation onto a blank hard-drive.

Boot from Windows XP Home CD..
When it asks where to install - delete the partition(s).
Create new partition(s).
Install Windows XP Home.

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

Have a look at the following article by Michael Stevens regarding a 'Clean'
installation of XP:

"Clean Install Windows XP "
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

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Will Denny
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
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