From: philo@privacy.net   
      
   On 05/18/2012 07:23 PM, tigger wrote:   
   > "tigger" wrote in message news:jp60me$vau$1@dont-email.me...   
   >   
   > Inst> etc...   
   >   
   > We want XP on NTFS.   
   >   
   > Every time we go back and format the drive to NTFS and try to install XP   
   > (genuine CD), the first reboot brings up the black XP loading screen with   
   > logo and the little scrolling blue boxes, after a few seconds it simply   
   > hangs... no errors reported, no BSD, the HD just stops and the CD is not   
   > spinning. The HD LED goes out.   
   > Obviously, booting back to CD completely restarts the install and it hangs   
   > again.   
   >   
   > We are stuck!   
   > We can't think of anything else, especially as Linux is fast and fine to   
   > install (not a live session, format to ext4 and install) and will run   
   > perfectly every time...   
   >   
   >   
   >   
      
   I did see that once on a P-III I worked on...   
   the only way I got XP to load was to turn off ACPI   
   in the BIOS. give that a try.   
      
   (If it's presently off...then try turning it on)   
      
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