Try booting to xp cd,recovery,disregard the text,typeiskPart In DiskPart,
delete the partition(s),create one,then press ESC key,option 1.type:
FORMAT C: /FS:ntfs When its thru type:EXIT Let xp restart,reboot to xp cd,
select,install xp,new copy.Option 2.type:EXIT Restart to xp cd,install
xp.You
could/might also in recovery,before exit,type:CHKDSK C: /p Do this 3X

"Jordan" wrote:

> Hey Everybody,
> I've built a new computer, and I've got all of my hardware installed
> correctly, and everything seems to be running fine, except for the fact that
> I can't install an operating system. Whenever I partition the space to
> install Windows, the disc copies all of the files into the right directories,
> and then says that it needs to restart to continue setting up. So the
> computer restarts, and then it goes RIGHT BACK to the screen asking me which
> portions to partition. It shows the one that I did earlier, but I can't do
> anything with it but delete it. THere is no recovery or anything.
>
> -I have tried multiple variations of the boot orders
> -I have left the entire thing unpartitioned when installing windows and it
> still did the same error.
> -I have tried mulitple variations of sizes when partitioning space
> -I have entered into the bios, and changed my HD to Large
> -I have checked to make sure the cables dealing with slave/master are correct
>
> Here is what happens when I try to run it without the CD after partitioning
> the space: It doesn't boot, and it asks me to put the boot cd in the drive. I
> have formatted using FAT and NTFC or whatever its called.
>
> I have an ABIT AN8 Motherboard with an AMD3700+ with 1 gig of ram.
>
> Can anybody help me?