Hi,

Recheck your hardware configuration, as there is likely something set
incorrectly. Make sure you are using system clock defaults, no tweaking.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"ram2254" <ram2254@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have built my computer from components and when I install Windows XP SP2
>it
> loops back. I have an Intel Pentium 4 Processor, an ABIT Motherboard A17
> Guru with an Intel 865PE/ICH5-R chipset, a Weatern Digital 80 GB 7200 RPM
> hard drive, that I have formatted with the included software. I have not
> formatted the motherboard as it says to do that after the OS is installed.
>
> I get through the installation and it asks what I want to do, I click the
> enter key to install Windows XP. When it gets to the Agreement page if I
> don't click F8 button immediately to accept it reboots (screen goes balck,
> one beep and it starts over with the installation). If I click F8 in
> time,
> it goes to the partition page, and if I don't click fast enough or try to
> change the size of the partition, it restarts again.