Hi! Thanks for your response. After I press the ESC key after deleting the
partitions, how large should I create the new partition to be? I have a 160
gig hd that I'm installing it on.

"Andrew E." wrote:

> 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