I have A Compaq presario I am trying to install windows XP Home on I have Fdisk the hard drive formated it done a scandisk 0 all segments tried to install XP but half the files will not load this one has me lost.any help would be greatly appreciated have used PC doctor and a few more programs but nothing works

Forget FDisk and format. They're outdated and belong to the Windows 98 era!

Pop the Windows CD in the drive and reboot. The PC should boot from the Windows CD, as Compaqs are set to boot from a restore CD if one is used.

When you get to the section of the installation routine which refers to drive partitions, use the included functions to remove existing drive partition(s), create a new partition(s) instead, and ensure you use the NTFS file system to install Windows XP on it. The system partition will be formatted for you during the installation procedure.