Help Cancel XP Installation

[jonahlschwartz]

Hello,
I halfwittingly decided to re-install windows xp on my computer, half-way through the installation I realized I did not have the correct discs. How do I cancel this installation? I've tried F3 on the installation screen, F8 brings up a seemingly useless boot menu, and safe-mode will not work due to the lack of an OS installed. I have windows 7 discs at the ready if this makes your task and simpler.

 

[rolli59]

If the installation already started, let alone formatted the drive, install 7 from your disk on restart.

 

[jonahlschwartz]

As in, put the disk in and attempt to boot from disk or whichever it's called?

 

[zdbc13]

Turn off the computer, put the Windows 7 disk in and start it up again. If it has trouble go into bios and set the dvd drive as the boot drive.

 

[jonahlschwartz]

Done. It simply continued and took me to the setup screen once again.

 

[jonahlschwartz]

Mind you, it is in the middle of installing XP, it asks me to insert the WinXPSP2 disk, and since I cannot, it sits at that screen until I reboot. The screen looks like... http://www.blackviper.com/os-install-guides/windows-xp-professional-install-guide/install_windows_xp_pro_17/

 

[zdbc13]

Hold the power button in for about 10-12 seconds for a forced shutdown.