ok, the reinstall of xp did not work. instead of asking me to delete the partition, it asked me to repair it, so i did and it didnt even ask me to format. XP Pro is still on here and i went down to 6.95 GBs instead of the before 7.04 GBs. What Im gonna try is the way i did it before....Put the disc in while running windows, get the setup files from the internet,put in the serial #, let it do the restart, and get to the whole blue setup screen thinger. last time when i did it this way, it asked me if i wanted to delete the partition and reformat the drive. should it work?

follow this and it will get you a clean install providing you have a full install OS/CD New/Clean Install/Re-Install 1=Set Bios to boot from CD/ROM as first boot device 2=Place the OS/CD in the CD/ROM drive and Re-Boot 3=Watch for the prompt to "press any key to boot from CD/ROM" Press ASAP(Ignore when prompt appears on any reboot) (You will only get this prompt if there is an XP/OS installed on the HDD) 4=windows Setup (Loads Files) 5=To setup XP now press "enter" 6=Press F8 for license 7=To continue installing a fresh copy of windows without repairing press "ESC" 8=For a new or unpartitioned drive press"C" 9=For a drive that has partitions, operating system or any data on it, you should press "D" to delete the partition and start out with a clean drive. 10=Press "enter" 11=You will be prompted again, press "L"(You will do this for each partition) , Now you are ready to partition and format 12=Press "C" 13=To create a new partition, enter a size below and press "Enter" (Note=You can create more than one partition here or press "Enter" to utilize the entire drive 14=To setup windows on the selected partition press "enter" 15=Select format NTFS with quick option, (Should be the top selection) 16=Press "enter' 17=Wait for format to complete 18=Computer will start copying files to the installation folders (this may take several minutes) 19=Computer will re-boot, do not press any key to boot from CD/ROM when prompted. 20=follow the on-screen instructions to complete loading windows.

for step 13, i have to manually(type)in the size of the HD(or is it saying something else?) or is it already listed

"...or press "Enter" to utilize the entire drive" If you only want 1 partition then the enter key will use the whole drive, otherwise you enter the actual size in MB

ok i get it now. i think this will work this time! thanx to everyone who helped me!

"otherwise you enter the actual size in MB" Or specify a percentage of the drive. eg. 50% adding the percent symbol otherwise you'll get 50MB. Bryan