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| 592466 | 2007-09-18 10:43:00 | I dont have a registration key for xp and it has expired and wont let me in.what I want to do is uninstall win xp but it doesnt show up in add/remove programs and it wont work with command prompt any one got any ideas short of replacing hard drive.:::help: | nzace (6057) | ||
| 592467 | 2007-09-18 10:49:00 | After you "uninstall" Windows XP, what are you going to put on the computer? Just install the new OS and format the hard drive as a step of the process. If you have valuable data on your hard drive it's a little more complicated, and the best solution depends on the OS you want to install. I'm not sure that you fully understand what an operating system is. Without one, you would just get: "Missing operating system" When you turn on your PC (or a similar message). |
george12 (7) | ||
| 592468 | 2007-09-18 10:49:00 | go buy a legit copy then fellow MS's instructions on how to replace the key. | tweak'e (69) | ||
| 592469 | 2007-09-18 11:17:00 | go buy a legit copy then fellow MS's instructions on how to replace the key. Normally the reason for that message as tweak'e said is because it's not legal. You can install XP without a legal product key for 21 days I think it is, then it shuts down, you would have had warnings saying it has to be activated with in X number of days. Purchase a legal copy of XP. If it was Installed from a "mates" copy of XP you need to phone MS and explain why you are trying to use a single user key on multi PC's. Microsoft - 0800 676 334 option 2 |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 592470 | 2007-09-18 11:35:00 | what I want to do is uninstall win xp but it doesnt show up in add/remove programs no, I dont think it does :groan: |
bevy121 (117) | ||
| 592471 | 2007-09-18 12:58:00 | I dont have a registration key for xp and it has expired and wont let me in.what I want to do is uninstall win xp but it doesnt show up in add/remove programs and it wont work with command prompt any one got any ideas short of replacing hard drive.:::help: And it won't appear on that menu either. XP is not software in the normal sense. It is an OS which is designed to SUPPORT other software and run hardware. |
beeswax34 (63) | ||
| 592472 | 2007-09-18 14:40:00 | doesnt show up in add/remove programs and it wont work with command prompt of course it doesn't ........the 'add/remove' programs menu and the 'command prompt' are PARTS of xp......you cant use xp to remove xp it just doestn' work like that....what did you think would happen if you could go to the command prompt or 'add/remove' programs and remove xp ?......when it was done you'd have NOTHIGN on the computer at all and when you started it up all you'd get would be a black screen with one line of writing on it saying 'operating system not found insert boot disk' or similar.........you'd in short be stuffed! the 'add remove' and the command prompt exist WITHIN xp.......and if you did remove it .........what then ?...... |
drcspy (146) | ||
| 592473 | 2007-09-18 20:02:00 | nzace: You didnt say what you were wanting to replace XP with..? Assuming you have another Operating System of some sort on a CD ( Linux, or another version of Windoze ) you should be able to boot from that CD and overwrite ( format ) the existing OS. If you need to retrieve data ( personal files ) from the hard drive first, just use a Linux Live CD to boot the system and copy your data to a USB Key or similar. OR: you could remove the Hard Drive and slave it into another box with a working OS and copy your data out that way.. |
racepics (7812) | ||
| 592474 | 2007-09-19 06:42:00 | Hi,Firsly,I do have a legit copy of xp and was trying to install it over top of 98se ,but was having allsorts of problems so a mate installed his copy which was already installed on his puter,hence,I was unable to register it.I then tried to uninstall xp and you know the rest. | nzace (6057) | ||
| 592475 | 2007-09-19 07:16:00 | Hi,Firsly,I do have a legit copy of xp and was trying to install it over top of 98se ,but was having allsorts of problems so a mate installed his copy which was already installed on his puter,hence,I was unable to register it.I then tried to uninstall xp and you know the rest. Easy fix then - when it asks to activate select telephone support, when the page appears select change product key - put in your key - then actiave it. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
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