anyone had this weired thing happen? im quite embarressed , right after the xp setup has copied files over from my hfslipped sourcess cd! the usual blue screen appears with the mouse pointer then after a second a error pops up it happens really fast i cant see it something to do with not enough virtual memory or after the restart says a write operation failed on a unmounted volume or some close to that effect or nothing and constantly restarts but the gui showing the windows screen with the blue bar is so quick usually takes a few seconds longer to load. i couldnt find a xp setup log... or a boot log but what i did find was the log for the drivers loaded some but not others... (cant tell ya cos im using a public computer and cant send u the hfslip log but no problems with that! as ive checked it ) (thing im embarressed about is didnt check it on a old pc and not my own) have i not read your excellent instructions properly?