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OK, i thought my problem had been fixed when I took my IPOD USB out
yesterday, but I keep getting the BSOD. It always happens when Vista
automatically loads the control panel. Is there any way of not having it load
when you turn on the PC?? And, can I get XP back?? I don't care if I lose any
files. I just want the software that actualy works back.
 
Do you have an XP cd, recovery cd's, or a hidden recovery partition?
If you have an XP cd, boot the computer with it and install XP.
 
I have an XP CD, but when I go to install it, it says there is no proior
knowledge of a previous Windows OS and asks for a Windows 2000, 98, or 95 CD,
which I do not have. So, I am basicially screwed, mainly because I didn't
install it on a partition, something I did have.
 
Ok, you have an XP Pro Upgrade edition cd. Do you have a cd from an earlier
edition of Windows? If not, can you borrow one? It cannot be a recovery
cd.
 
pbhawks45 said:
I have an XP CD, but when I go to install it, it says there is no proior
knowledge of a previous Windows OS and asks for a Windows 2000, 98, or 95
CD,
which I do not have. So, I am basicially screwed, mainly because I didn't
install it on a partition, something I did have.
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Unfortunately, it was an upgrade from Windows ME from my moms PC, so no, I
don't. I have another question. How can I get the control panel from not
launching every time the PC boots automatically. I see where I can uncheck
the option, but my PC goes to the BSoD before I can enact it. Any clues??
 
PB--

If you can find/borrow an XP CD from an earlier version, then you can, as
Colin says use this XP upgrade CD to do a repair install of the XP that is
on the HD in that partition I would think. It's sure worth a try. This way
you save your original XP and get on with your life.

See:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/tips/doug92.mspx

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315341#XSLTH3127121122120121120120

This situation with the Vista upgrade should not be different from the
guidelines of Chapter 28 and this general fix XP guideline below although
with the Vista code in the way it might be. I carefully read the long
previous thread:

Resources for troubleshooting startup problems in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308041&Product=winxp


At no time were any of those posters saying you were stupid, ect. ect.
ect. but you sure need to learn to give pertinent information up front.
From your vocabularly you are old enough and smart enough to start doing
that. Always ID the software (an XP Upgrade CD--don't make the people
trying to help you guess with 6-8 posts as they had to on that prev thread
and now this one that what you're holding in your hand is a retail XP
upgrade CD (apparently). The CD whether from MSFT or OEM has plenty of info
on it to tell what it is.

Always say up front in the first paragraph: I have an retail upgrade XP CD
and I upgraded this XP with a Vista Beta 2 I got in the mail, ect.

CH
 
Any cd from Win95 forward would work. You only need one for about a minute.
XP setup just needs to confirm that you have such a cd in the drive and then
you won't need it any more once Setup resumes. Ask around, especially if
you have a computer repair shop in your neighborhood. Technicians hang on
to things like for just this reason.
 
On which media?

Hello Colin

What about the i386 folder/ It might do the trick

Bye
 
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