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is there just a way basicallly to take everything and flash it to defualt and then start overa??? i just want to to boot my CD or my USB stick.
Nope - that's what we're trying help with. Basically you're in trouble because the Windows installer will only work if it finds an empty drive, or one that has partitions it knows about (NTFS or [V]FAT). Once you can boot that USB, you can "fix" it, so you'll have to keep trying to get that to happen. Play with the boot options.
The BIOS usually has a 'Restore to (Factory) Defaults' or similar option.
You should then be able to select the CD option, although you should be able to do that anyway.
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