rocket1406
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Hey guys. I'm only 14 years old and I'm not a computer expert.
I tried to change my BIOS to boot from my Windows XP cd, but it would say press any key to boot from CD, and I would, and then just plain old Windows XP would load up.
I NEEDED THE BLUE INSTALL THING, so I could Delete my Partition, but I couldn't get into the Blue Install screen.
So I let it load into normal Windows XP, inserted the CD, and clicked "Install Windows XP" and did "New Installation"
Now it won't let me Delete the Partition because "Setup is unablet to perform the requested operation on the selected partition. THis partition contains temporary Setup files that are required to complete the installation."
I think that is because I did it from Inside of Windows XP initially.
So now... it always goes to this screen whether or not the CD-ROM is in the drive ... I can't even get back to my installed Windows XP
and I don't want to install on my current Partition.
I don't have a Floppy Drive. I do have a Cd-Burner on my other computer.
I think I need a Bootable Partition Manager, or reformatter or something.
Please help (a step by step would be even better. Remember please that I am a computer noob lol)
I tried to change my BIOS to boot from my Windows XP cd, but it would say press any key to boot from CD, and I would, and then just plain old Windows XP would load up.
I NEEDED THE BLUE INSTALL THING, so I could Delete my Partition, but I couldn't get into the Blue Install screen.
So I let it load into normal Windows XP, inserted the CD, and clicked "Install Windows XP" and did "New Installation"
Now it won't let me Delete the Partition because "Setup is unablet to perform the requested operation on the selected partition. THis partition contains temporary Setup files that are required to complete the installation."
I think that is because I did it from Inside of Windows XP initially.
So now... it always goes to this screen whether or not the CD-ROM is in the drive ... I can't even get back to my installed Windows XP
and I don't want to install on my current Partition.
I don't have a Floppy Drive. I do have a Cd-Burner on my other computer.
I think I need a Bootable Partition Manager, or reformatter or something.
Please help (a step by step would be even better. Remember please that I am a computer noob lol)