wrong software?

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Just recentlymy whole comp crashed, and not knowing much about it, I let a
friend of a friend look at it. I had xp home on before, now I have an illegal
xp professional, and a different format, not fat32. I don't have a disc copy
of xp home to re-load. Is there any way I can get back to where I was before
the new progs were installed.? Thanks all.

 

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The only way forward for you is to buy a version of XP Home, frisk and
reformat your computer, and start over..


"lynwalk" <lynwalk@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:69CB3B38-F061-4667-A34F-C6F960934DEE@microsoft.com...
> Just recentlymy whole comp crashed, and not knowing much about it, I let a
> friend of a friend look at it. I had xp home on before, now I have an
> illegal
> xp professional, and a different format, not fat32. I don't have a disc
> copy
> of xp home to re-load. Is there any way I can get back to where I was
> before
> the new progs were installed.? Thanks all.

 

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I guessed as much, but hope springs eternal as they say. thanks anyway. Just
one thing, I have a reload disk, but can't get it to open at all, either on
my comp or my sons. Any idea why?

"Mike Hall" wrote:

> The only way forward for you is to buy a version of XP Home, frisk and
> reformat your computer, and start over..
>
>
> "lynwalk" <lynwalk@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:69CB3B38-F061-4667-A34F-C6F960934DEE@microsoft.com...
> > Just recentlymy whole comp crashed, and not knowing much about it, I let a
> > friend of a friend look at it. I had xp home on before, now I have an
> > illegal
> > xp professional, and a different format, not fat32. I don't have a disc
> > copy
> > of xp home to re-load. Is there any way I can get back to where I was
> > before
> > the new progs were installed.? Thanks all.
>
>
>

 

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Contact the manufacturer re the reload disc as there is more than one way of
installing from a recovery CD.. it is possible that your friend has erased
any partition that may have been useful in restoring your computer to
factory settings.. only time will tell..

I would strongly recommend that you do not allow your friend to do anything
else to your computer..




"lynwalk" <lynwalk@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E754DF87-3B5E-45FB-91C9-771E200ADB7C@microsoft.com...
>I guessed as much, but hope springs eternal as they say. thanks anyway.
>Just
> one thing, I have a reload disk, but can't get it to open at all, either
> on
> my comp or my sons. Any idea why?
>
> "Mike Hall" wrote:
>
>> The only way forward for you is to buy a version of XP Home, frisk and
>> reformat your computer, and start over..
>>
>>
>> "lynwalk" <lynwalk@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:69CB3B38-F061-4667-A34F-C6F960934DEE@microsoft.com...
>> > Just recentlymy whole comp crashed, and not knowing much about it, I
>> > let a
>> > friend of a friend look at it. I had xp home on before, now I have an
>> > illegal
>> > xp professional, and a different format, not fat32. I don't have a disc
>> > copy
>> > of xp home to re-load. Is there any way I can get back to where I was
>> > before
>> > the new progs were installed.? Thanks all.
>>
>>
>>

 

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Thanks for all your help Mike...You can be certain, no-one is giong to be
doing me any more favours. I've learned my lesson.

"Mike Hall" wrote:

> Contact the manufacturer re the reload disc as there is more than one way of
> installing from a recovery CD.. it is possible that your friend has erased
> any partition that may have been useful in restoring your computer to
> factory settings.. only time will tell..
>
> I would strongly recommend that you do not allow your friend to do anything
> else to your computer..
>
>
>
>
> "lynwalk" <lynwalk@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:E754DF87-3B5E-45FB-91C9-771E200ADB7C@microsoft.com...
> >I guessed as much, but hope springs eternal as they say. thanks anyway.
> >Just
> > one thing, I have a reload disk, but can't get it to open at all, either
> > on
> > my comp or my sons. Any idea why?
> >
> > "Mike Hall" wrote:
> >
> >> The only way forward for you is to buy a version of XP Home, frisk and
> >> reformat your computer, and start over..
> >>
> >>
> >> "lynwalk" <lynwalk@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:69CB3B38-F061-4667-A34F-C6F960934DEE@microsoft.com...
> >> > Just recentlymy whole comp crashed, and not knowing much about it, I
> >> > let a
> >> > friend of a friend look at it. I had xp home on before, now I have an
> >> > illegal
> >> > xp professional, and a different format, not fat32. I don't have a disc
> >> > copy
> >> > of xp home to re-load. Is there any way I can get back to where I was
> >> > before
> >> > the new progs were installed.? Thanks all.
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>