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by kati.lynn

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I am going to explain this long story, in the shortest, quickest way I can .. ha.

My computer boots up to the XP screen and then loops and restarts again. In an attempt to fix this I used a recovery disk, it was the wrong one. Oops. Now I have Windows XP Home, and my original OS XP Media Center. I would like to erase Home edition. How could I go about this? I have it on my D: drive, which is also my Recovery partion. (Come to find out I really don't have a recovery disk.. it is on the D: drive. Wish I would have known that yesterday.) In order to recover Media edition, I can simply press F11 and so on. BUT While XP Home edition is installed, it does not allow me to use the recovery though F11. Can someone please help me?! ...Before I pull my hair out. Oh! AND It's not my hard drive.. did the self test, she passed. AND No, I can not access Safe Mode. Thanks in Advance!

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by oh smeg

The Partition that you installed Home to is now overwritten and can not be recovered as you want to.

What you need to do here is replace the Home Install with the Media Center Install Files which where originally loaded on to this Partition. To do this you need the Recovery Disc and you copy the files to this Partition.

Nothing else for it I'm afraid. You or the owner will need to contact the system maker and Buy a Recovery CD.

Col

by kati.lynn

That's what I was afraid of! Oh well. I have the form to order them all filled out, I just need to wait for my paycheck tonight. heh. Thanks anyway!

by wizard-09

Boot from your new OS cd then format the drive this will wipe the other OS

by kati.lynn

That's the problem, I don't have a new one. It is my D: drive.. which I can't access, from DOS or F11... I am just going to have to order the recovery disks from Compaq.

by cpatel

The only way to get the Windows Media back is to format the entire hard drive with the partison and reinstall the OS (Windows Media) from the CD. You can create a partison upon installation or after installation. That is the only way to remove XP Home from your system.
If you need more help - go to www.richicomputers.com

Good Luck.

by Former member

http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm
You can download the Win98se and run this to clear your system. But you will need the Windows Xp disk or what ever you want to re-install afterward s.

Please post back if you have any more problems or questions.
If this information is useful, please mark as helpful. Thanks.

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