On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 13:48:01 -0700, JC
wrote:

I have an old computer and I want to wipe the hard drive so that I may
resinstall xp afresh.


OK, I'm almost always against doing this, but at least I understand
the issue now. See below:


The problem is the computer is running a newer version
of the windows than the setup disk i have. It keeps telling me it can't
install because the windows on the computer is newer than the windows on the
disk.


It's telling you this because you are trying to do the installation
incorrectly. When you do it correctly, it formats the drive, and
doesn't care in the slightest what's on the drive to start out.


I have tried to boot this cd from reboot and this doesn't work either.


That's what you have to do. To boot from the CD, you have to set the
boot order to CD first in the BIOS setup program. How to get into your
BIOS depends, not on Windows, but on what motherboard/BIOS you have.
As a matter of fact, you have to access the BIOS before Windows even
starts to boot. One common way is to press the Del key when you first
power on, but that's not necessarily right for your computer. Watch
the screen carefully when you first boot; there's often a message
there telling you what to do. If not, check your system documentation
or check with your vendor.

Also look he http://michaelstevenstech.com/bios_manufacturer.htm Or
just try the Del key. There's a good chance that's correct for you.

Once you get into the BIOS and change the boot order, just boot from
the Windows XP CD (change the BIOS boot order if necessary to
accomplish this) and follow the prompts for a clean installation
(delete the existing partition by pressing "D" when prompted, then
create a new one).

You can find detailed instructions he
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

or here
http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org/how...windows_xp.htm

or here http://windowsxp.mvps.org/XPClean.htm

or here http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/clean_install.htm


Someone else told me the problem may because of sp2 and I thought if I
removed this, then I could run the older setup disk!


That "someone" told you the wrong thing. The previous version is
pertinent for some situations, but it's not here.


"Ken Blake, MVP" wrote:

On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 12:50:44 -0700, JC
wrote:

I need to remove SP2 in order to install an earlier version of windows on my
computer. Is there a way that I can do this.


Why do you "need" to do this? It's a very bad thing to do.

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