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   If Your xp CD is a bootable disk. It should boot up to it and reformat, then   
   reinstall. You may have a bad hard drive.   
   "Tom"  wrote in message   
   news:466c3ae3$0$30650$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...   
   >I recently tried reinstalling XP Home on my Compaq Presario V2410 Notebook.   
   >I get this message on a Dos screen, "Type the Adminstratory Password...."   
   >I never installed a password.  It will go to a C:\ prompt after some time.   
   >   
   > I"m trying to reinstall because my, "Windows Installer" program is   
   > corrupted.  Any help would be appreciated.   
   > Tom   
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