dotnet general: I HAVE OEM XP-PRO DISK AND I HAVE RECENTLY CHANGED HARD DRIVE AND MEMORY IN
MY HOME BUILT COMPUTER THAT WAS WORKING. I WANTED TO DO A CLEAN INSTALL AS
THERE WERE MANY INSTALLS/UN INSTALLS OVER TIME. WHEN I INSERT THE CD I GET
THE CHOICES AND I CHOOSE CLEAN INSTALL AND IT FORMATS THE DRIVE AND STARTS TO
DO THE WINDOWS INSTALL BUT IT NEVER COMPLETES AND I END WITH A BLUE SCREEN.
I WAS WONDERING IF THIS IS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE NUMBER OF INSTALLS THAT
CAN BE DONE FROM THE CD. I HAVE HAD THE CD FOR SOME TIME NOW AND HAVE
SUCCESSFULLY REPAIRED OR RE INSTALLED THE OS OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS.

On 31/01/2008 in message
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Your caps lock seems to be stuck on.
This is a programmers' group you would be better off asking in:
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general

There is no reason why the CD shouldn't work, as long as it is not
damaged. I would suspect a problem with your new memory, Google for
memtest86 and Prime95 and run them to test your memory.

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thanks, will do... and sorry for caps i am at work and most of my data