XP setup problem, very strange one

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I had installed XP so many times, neither have I faced the problem like
this before. The problem is as follows:
Got 80 GB hard disk, with XP and Ubuntu in seperate partitions. I wiped
ubuntu and installed SUSE. No issues with dual booting. Both OS boot
fine. I wanted to install another XP in another partiton, As the
current one is being very slow, and as the programs that I had
installed, don't want to wipe them out.
When I booted the XP bootable cd from cd drive, there came 'press any
key to install'. I pressed any key. Then ' Setup is inspecting your
computer's hardware configuration. . ' And everything stops there.
System hangs with red led blinking, and blank screen on monitor. I
changed the CD, checked the BIOS setting. I haven't changed any system
settings. I am tired of searching the net for the fix.
Is there any fix for this MS Win XP problem??

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