i should explain more fully, with a fully unattended autoformatting install, after the initial booting from cd and setup the PC reboots to continue installation, and MUST boot from the hdd, with the option left as default (off) theres no problem but if the option is checked and the "press any key to boot from cd" is removed, the system continues to boot from cd and format untill the cd is taken out and put back in. hope that kinda makes sense, its a good option im sure just i dont know a way to undo the option. have recopied new files and run the wizard again, so i dont have a problem anymore.