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  1. October 14th, 2006, 14:35 PM #1
    Big Booger
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    Check to see if the hard drive is dead or is dying. If so it could be the cause of the problems.

    Also check the cables on the hard disk, as well as CDROM/DVDROM while you are at it.

    The third thing I would check is the install media that you are using. Perhaps the XP CD is flawed, scratched or damaged in some way.

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  2. October 14th, 2006, 18:58 PM #2
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    I finally installed it.

    I dug out my Windows ME bootup disk which got me into DOS. I then fdisked the c drive, deleted the non-dos partition, created a new partition and made it active.

    I then formatted the c drive, put in th XP disk and hey presto!

    Thanks for all the advice
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