Cannot access XP Home which is in NTFS

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Richard Lum

I have installed my XP Home in NTFS, but when I open it ,
XP HOme asked for 'password' which I did not entered. How
do I gain access?

The other partitions in my pc are system FAT 32. So if I
want to delete the XP Home and change this partition back
to FAT system, how do I go about it?
 
Once a drive has been changed to NTFS, the only way to change it back to
FAT32 is to format the drive. This will lose all information stored on that
drive. Your other partitions, as long as you do not format them will be
safe. Format the system drive as follows:
Boot with the XP CD in the drive. When you see the message on the boot
screen to "Press any key in order to boot from the CD," do so.

After loading drivers and files, you should be taken to a screen with
the following:

To Setup Windows XP now, press ENTER.
To Repair a Windows XP Installation using Recovery Console press R.
To Quit setup without installing Windows XP, press F3.

In your case, press ENTER.

Agree to the License agreement by pressing F8.

You will then be taken to a screen with two options.

To repair the selected Windows XP installation press R.
To continue installing a fresh copy of Windows XP without repairing,
press ESC.

This will bring you to a partition map where you
can delete, create and format partitions.
Select the drive you wish to format, delete the partition, then create a new
partition, format as desired and continue with XP installation.
 
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