ok so I was given a computer, fantastic thing, but it had lots of issues from being completely riddled with viruses, like one of the biggest was that it would not recognise any keyboard inserted into it... big issue!
OK so anyway, I decided that the best thing to do was to completely reinstall windows. I backed everything up etc and got it all ready.
I dont actually have a windows disc but in amongst some things that came with the computer I found a burnt windows XP 64-bit disc with a reg key written on it. Figuring that this would do the trick, I put it in the computer and it started to install it, it restarted and then asked me for the reg key. I entered the one that had been written on it but then it said that it had expired.
Now I dont know what to do - when I turn the computer on it just comes up with the installation and of course it cannot finish it so it just ends up turning off after a few windows pop up telling me about the "fatal error".
So now I have found a proper installation disc that I want to put it, but when I put it in, it is not recognised because of this failed installation going on...
Basically I want to know how I can overthrow this failed installation to install this proper disc.
Does that make sense? hope I have explained it well enough
Any help would be SOOOO SOOO appreciated!!
Many thanks,
Flossy
