Re: xp home

vaughany wrote:
when re installing XP home it keeps going in circles at reboot does
all checks copies files but at retsart dont get press any key
message to boot from cd. system just checks and starts to copy
files again. any help would be appreciated

The 'press any key to boot from CD' is only necessary BEFORE it copies the
files and such.
You don't just keep doing it.

Make sure you are doing it properly:
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

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