Hey guys, im new here so dont be harsh
but last night i decided to format my pc, so i formated it and tried to reinstall vista, the reinstallation worked fine but then it said i had to have a old version of windows for me to activate, because its an upgrade version.
i then formated AGAIN and tried to clean-install XP so i could then upgrade to my vista but during my reinstallation of xp it stopped working.
this is where it may get confusing haha, after the first part of the xp install it restarts (the first part meaning where it formats and copys all the files to memory)
but just after it restarts it comes up with the screen "press any key to boot to CD........" i let it go because ur not ment to boot to cd after that, but on that same screen it comes up with a few different coloured boxes on the screen and it just hangs
and thats where im absulutly stumped
thanks in advance guys
Whippy
Since you have a upgrade version of Vista, you will need to install it just a bit differently when doing a clean install with it. This tutorial will help show you how to.
Thanks for the information. I just did an install of Vista over my XP. From something I selected early on, I thought I was getting a clean install, but it would appear I didn't get it. Although none of my old documents and programs appear in explorer, my 120 gig disk is half full of something.
Since you have a upgrade version of Vista, you will need to install it just a bit differently when doing a clean install with it. This tutorial will help show you how to.
You can run Disk Cleanup to see what it can find for you to help free up disk space. There may be a option to clean Files discarded by Windows upgrade to select to get rid of the left over files from XP that may be in a C:\Windows.old folder.
and tried to clean-install XP so i could then upgrade to my vista but during my reinstallation of xp it stopped working. 
