>>How can vista block the setup program when vista is even running? I have done this successfully in the past. I installed the vista ctp on my old laptop to see if it would run on it. No problems, it ran fine on a 7 year old laptop. Then I simply reinstalled xp. Again no trouble. You must be doing something wrong.
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>>1. Boot from the xp cd
>>2. delete the partition and reformat
>>3. reinstall xp.
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>I think as like you but no success... :(
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>XP install crashes after delete and reformat... :(
Have you checked for hidden re-install partitions ?
Cleaned the partition table as well ?

HTH

thomas