Reinstall

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My dell latitude hangs during the reinstall of XP when it is preparing the installation it hangs when it gets to the point where it states setup will complete in approximately 31 minutes. I had a previous problem where it stopped at 34, but I turned of the USB support in the bios and it got further. If I boot from the CD it says that there is a current upgrade being preformed. then gives options, if I were to stop the current install and proceed with a fresh install will that format my drive ?
I'm really trying to save some data that I just got.

 

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I am having the same problem trying to install windows xp...It gets stuck at 34 minutes remaining when it is setting up the devices...the screen flashes and it just locks up at 34 minutes everytime.

----- Michael wrote: ----

My dell latitude hangs during the reinstall of XP when it is preparing the installation it hangs when it gets to the point where it states setup will complete in approximately 31 minutes. I had a previous problem where it stopped at 34, but I turned of the USB support in the bios and it got further. If I boot from the CD it says that there is a current upgrade being preformed. then gives options, if I were to stop the current install and proceed with a fresh install will that format my drive ?
I'm really trying to save some data that I just got.