re: reinstalling windows xp home

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From: sandra evans (sandra_evans_at_shaw.ca)
Date: 10/02/04 

Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2004 23:59:02 -0700

A while ago my computer was acting up and we continuously
tried to recover it with the recovery cd, after many
failed attempts I took it into a repair shor. At the
repair shop it was diagnosed that i need a new
motherboard. There was a concern about my recovery cd
working on a new motherboard, if a compatible one was not
found. I was told a compatible one was found and
installed but when the went to load my windows xp home
they said they were denied because the product key had
been used too many times or something. I am assuming that
this was because earlier we had tried so many time to
recover it each time entering the product key. when i
went to pick up my computer i was informed that since
they could not reinstall my xp home they had installed xp
pro. They said it was too my advantage, but me on the
other hand am upset that the windows i paid for in my
package is no longer in use after just over a year, I
would like to reinstall windows xp home on my computer
and have it back to the way it was originally purchased
and do not know ho to go about doing this with out
killing xp pro and having an unsuccessful attemp on my
recovery cd. Any sugestions?

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Recovering from Major Crash
    ... Windows installation on your hard drive is too messed up). ... you will need HP to send you that "recovery kit" ... XP Pro SP2 but by then I was overbudget. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
  • Re: FYI: Dell lets Vista Business Users revert to XP
    ... What is a recovery disk differs among name brand companies. ... installed on a system with a Dell BIOS. ... If your PC is running Microsoft Windows Vista Business or ... Vista for XP Pro. ...
    (alt.sys.pc-clone.dell)
  • Re: Corrupt Windows XP config file
    ... I attempted to install Windows XP in the second partition, ... I then brought up the Recovery Console and used the FIXBOOT command to try ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support)
  • Re: I am DEAD
    ... You are right about the backups. ... installation you have to type in a number then press to log on ... Which Windows installation would you like to logon to? ... sufficient access privileges with the standard Recovery Console ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support)
  • Re: really stupid
    ... >Pro, I get a screen that says that Windows was not start properly. ... >> boot to XP Home and XP Pro.What error message if any. ... What HP is sending you is a set of recovery CD's. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)