Reformat-Is my disc f@£k

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  1. fastfox

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    Hi Peeps. Ive just tryed to reformat one of the pc`s on my network with a peerweb addition of xp. Half way though the install a error message came up interupting the installation saying that windows will now shut down to prevent damage to the system. I cant carry on with the installation. Ive tryed to reformat with another copy of xp that i know is good but the system keeps going back the the first installation that was interuped. It does this even going into the bios and selecting cddvd rom as the first boot device. Ive reset the bios but it still goes back to the first installation. How do i get out of this mess with out forking out for a new disc???
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    fastfox
     
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    get a boot disk from this link for xp to delete the partition, make a partition & format the hd http://www.bootdisk.com/
     
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    DDP. You-the-man. Cheers
     
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    no problem, teach & learn
     

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