Reversing a partial Windows repair

[Guest]

My laptop has an oem version of XP Home - no disk was ever included.
I used another disk to perform a repair, intending on using the laptop
product key when the time came to register it.
Problem is, I used an upgrade version and of course the oem version was the
full install. So, now I'm stuck - it won't accept the product key from the
laptop, and I don't want to use the product key from the already being used
upgrade version. And of course, there's no cancel option on the repair.
Is there a way out of this dilemna?
YThanks for any help, Rob

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Rob,

Screwed the pooch I'm afraid. Time to reimage and start from a clean slate.
I hope you backed up any important files.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org