stuck situation plz help

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sarah h

ok so when i installed windows xp as an upgrade from
win2000(that had a few bugs) it (the new xp) had a
problem loging on, which was not a huge problem because i
just shut down and had it startup in safemode, which it
for some reason would let me log with no problems at all.
heres where im am lost,
when i put in the winxp cd to re-install, i obviously
cant download the new... whatever it needs... but then it
says i "have a program the hasnt finished installing,
please log off and log back on, allow it to complete,
then start windows installation once again"
i dont know if it is saying this because i am in safe
mode or what, but there is no program left to install..
what do i do with this???

a possible way would be to boot from cd?

please help, ive really done it this time :/
 
How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade (Reinstallation) of Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315341

How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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| ok so when i installed windows xp as an upgrade from
| win2000(that had a few bugs) it (the new xp) had a
| problem loging on, which was not a huge problem because i
| just shut down and had it startup in safemode, which it
| for some reason would let me log with no problems at all.
| heres where im am lost,
| when i put in the winxp cd to re-install, i obviously
| cant download the new... whatever it needs... but then it
| says i "have a program the hasnt finished installing,
| please log off and log back on, allow it to complete,
| then start windows installation once again"
| i dont know if it is saying this because i am in safe
| mode or what, but there is no program left to install..
| what do i do with this???
|
| a possible way would be to boot from cd?
|
| please help, ive really done it this time :/
 
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