


Next screen showing "Windows XP Professional/Home Setup" in title will come up.Then a blue screen with title "Windows Setup" will come up.Initial screen while booting up from CD will display message - "Setup is inspecting your current configuration".In the boot menu, select your CD drive.While booting process is on, press F11, F12 or the function key which invokes Boot Menu.Insert your Windows XP Media/CD in your CD drive at time of boot.To clean install Windows XP do the following steps: Not be able to get backup of any data in your profile. If you want to take a back up of any data you can take only data on the root partition, you will

Note all your data on that partition will be deleted. Then you can install the available drivers and software from your PC's support page.To install Windows XP by clean formatting, you need to format your partition containing Windows Vista. I have also zipped up and attached below, the Microsoft tool which hopefully will transfer the ISO file to a DVD or usb flash drive so it is bootable. Then manually change the generic product key to the W8.1 'standard' key in your PC's BIOS in the PC settings menu.Īfter you get W8.1 installed, and only if you had to enter the generic product key I posted, you will need to run the free utility I zipped up and attached below, that will show you show the W8.1 product key in your PC's BIOS. This is the generic key for W8.1 'standard.' Only if you are asked to enter a product key during the installation process, use this generic key. Install W8.1 by creating the Microsoft installation media.You want W8.1 64 bit. Here is how you may be able to clean install W8.1 and use the W8.1 product key in your PC's BIOS to activate Windows. You can also do this with a W8 key, and skip the upgrade step to W8.1 from the windows store.

I have given this method to several forum members who reported it worked just fine. This media can also be used to peform system repairs (not that the repair tools always work). Hi, you have already been informed.the W8.1 product key is in the BIOS.
