to install XP ...u have to have an OS on ur system to begin with u can do a cold boot but most computers now are embedded OS's but u can run a fooundation of win98 and the XP over the top of it as an up-grade this work's well and if u know what u are doing u can format from file 32 system to NTFS with out much problem
computer tech
May 2006
Assuming a version of Windows (you don't say) use the recovery Diskette or CD to start the machine and then you can take a look at the hard disk and report back. It could be anything at the moment.
Terry
May 2006
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