Ok, I put in the disk, and up comes in main menu, I select Install Win 2k3 etc etc, then I put in the CD-key Microsoft gave to me. Now I select the region and accessibility options, then it copies the files necessary for installation. Then it says it must restart, and the meter to the left goes full, and the computer restarts. On restart the screen says Press any key to boot from cd...., and I don't hit it because I figured it would do its own thing. So it goes to the boot screen (OS), where I have to select from XP Home or Windows 2k3 Server Edition. The server edition was highlighted by default so I let the selection timer run down and it selected it. Then it said Set-up is inspecting your hardware configuration, etc etc. Then it goes to the blue screen where it says Windows Setup ____________ ____________ It sits like this for hours, it stayed like that overnight. This happens with every other OS I try to install (Linux distributions, XP, etc). I have partition magic but the computer doesn't even make it to where I select a partition. Should I delete and secure an erase of my hard drive? I have backups of everything but I don't know if it would reinstall an OS, which would leave me with an oversized paperweight. Does anyone have any ideas? Regards, Unreal edit; with Linux distributions, it sits at the loading screen for the OS, not the blue Windows Screen.
