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REINSTALL WINDOWS XP HOME EDITION

WHEN I GOT MY LAPTOP IT HAD THE WINDOWS XP HOME EDITION ALREADY. I'M AM HAVING MANY DIFFERENT PROBLEMS AND TRIED MANY THINGS TO RECTIFY - NO LUCK. I JUST WANT TO WIPE THE WHOLE COMPUTER OUT AND REINSTALL. I DO HAVE THE PRODUCT KEY CODE FOR IT. IS THERE A WAY TO DO THIS????

  • LUISA Dec 16, 2008

    BUT I HAVE NO DISK??? WAS INSTALLED ALREADY WHEN I PURCHASED. ANYTHING ELSE I CAN DO?

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Set your bios to boot from disk, install the operating system dvd, and it should boot from the dvd. Follow the instructiones, the entir thing will take 30 minutes or so. Have your serial number ready and you should be good to go.

  • Anonymous Dec 16, 2008

    Sorry I was busy, Is it loaded on the hard drive in a second partition?, If no then you can't re-install.

  • Anonymous Dec 17, 2008

    It should be on a separate partition, when you boot up it should say at the bottom of the screen to press F1 or F3, and that will open a screen that will give you choices one of which should be to re install.I am seeing that you don't have the disk so the OS must be on the drive. If not you can borrow an xp and get to the point where you put in your serial numbers, it should be ok being that you already paid for it.,peace Gym

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