help cant get back to windows

[Guest]

hi i tried to install a copy of xp home over pro and realised as many have
here that you cant unless you reformat the harddrive.I have a couple of
questions.Number one. I inserted the new home disc and made it through to the
stage where it asks you to delete the partition.How do i cancel the
installation and get my original pro to reload?im stuck on the windows home
install blue screen.( ididnt delete the partion so pro should still be on
there right?) also can i install home over xp with out a floppy drive? i know
that you have to make a boot disc, but i dont have a floppy drive on the
computer i want to do this on,also i have been think about upgrading to a
better harddrive any way would it work (easier)to buy a new hard drive and
install the new oem home on it? any help would be much appreciated. thanks.

 

[Guest]

Take out the CD from the drive and reset the computer. You should be able to
get back to the XP Pro that you had earlier.

If you are still having the dual menu where you see the first menu as
installing Windows xp and the second menu as Windows XP Professional then you
can select the second menu and then boot to windows xp pro.

then you will have to make changes to the boot.ini file to remove the entry.
The boot.ini file will be a hidden read only file in c:\ and you wil have to
use the command prompt to remove those attributes.

then open the boot.ini file with notepad and then delete the first entry
that points to the aborted setup. Save the file and then reboot. you should
be able to boot directly into windows xp professional.