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loz1962:
HI, I have a computer that had Xp pro on it but it was a network pc. I've formatted the drive to install a clean version of XP on. I cannot get XP to install, I says a fatal error has occurred. Can anyone give a me a test I could perform on the HArd drive to make sure it's OK or Is it possible that there is a Blocking system in the BIOS ????? :badmood:

JDFan:
What did you use to format the HDD and how is it formatted (ie. Fat16, Fat32, NTFS) and what size HDD are you using ?  IIRC with 32 bit XP NTFS partitions are limited to 2TB and XP can only format Fat32 partitions under 32GB (even though the Fat32 system allows partitions up to 2TB)

Malenko:
try an XPSP3 disc

notroubleclubber:
Also have a check of your memory. Ive found in the past that windows crashes with a blue screen when i had a faulty memory stick.

Vigo:
I've personally have had to do trial and error with my XP installations. it usually takes my rifling through a couple of my different XP install discs until I find one that isn't buggy. Of course I have a bunch of modified install discs that I modded to include the service pack 2 or 3, or to a tinyXP variant.  I've also run into issues where I error out when installing from a bootable disc, but have no problems when initiating it through a dos command.

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