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i made a boot windows xp home editon cd works but when installing it give me a message asking for windows xp cd (i dont have one(())) this is the message

cannot find a previous version of windows installed||||and then on the botton say dont qualify for upgrade!

I was trying to install vista but it didnt work so when i try to go back to winXP i COULDNT i think i erase eveything!!! pls help...

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Setup cannot find a previous version of Windows installed on your computer. To continue, Setup needs to verify that you qualify to use this upgrade product.

Please insert your Windows NT 3.51 Workstation, Windows NT 4.0 Workstation, Windows 95, or Windows 98 CD into your CD-ROM drive. When the CD is in the drive, press ENTER. To quit Setup, press F3.

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this is the message!!!

i dont have a windows cd!!!!!!

so...

you had xp home installed
tried to upgrade to vista
but you formatted your drive and you dont have the xp disc?

if the disk is still in the drive, have you tried removing it and restarting?

What you have is a Windows XP Upgrade CD. You cannot use that disk to setup a new installation of Windows XP. You need a "real" Windows XP installation disk.