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will do now, thx
the XP installation from the XP disc went 100% normally [i've installed XP many times before]
partitioned the unallocated space that you saw above
full NTFS format via XP disc
it automatically loaded the install files
restarted by itself, and stays stuck here [same as before]
Last edited by Brink; 28 Jan 2012 at 16:36. Reason: merged consecutive posts