just wiped hard drive, trying to install xp home, problem is.. i cant get boot from cd to work, and i get an error on the 6th xp boot up disk, the error looks like this STOP:C0000221 Unknown Hard Error \systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll Im pretty much screwed now cause the computer wont let me seleect boot from cd and the boot floppys dont work, anyone got any ideas? i would apreciate it ALOT! cheers Martin

try the custom xp install bootdisk from http://www.bootdisk.com/ after downloading xpboot.exe extract it to a floppy by double clicking it, then after its ready put it in the floppy drive of the pc you want to install xp on, follow the on screen instructions. after changing to your cd-rom drive letter, type: cd\i386 press enter then at i386 type winnt.exe and press enter. or download madbootdisk image and use it it is easier, from what i've read here. http://www.madboot.com/

wicked, ill give em a try, thanks alot

the disk from bootdisk.com seems to be working well, i seem to be gettin alot of "unable to copy file" durin the install, i just keep retryin and it eventually does copys the file, is this common?

Have you tried a different floppy? Usually the only time I get those errors when making a bootdisk is when there is something wrong with the floppy disk itself. That might also be your problem with the XP Setup disks. Try using some new disks, it may solve your problem.