Download Acronis Disk Director or any other formatting utility, and format the hard drive you want to install XP on. Everything is pretty straightforward once you pop in the disk. Full Format is better than Quick, because Quick only erases the first few sectors of the HDD. It can take up to more than an hour to format your HDD varying on the HDD capacity. For me to format a 500 GB would take 4 hours minimum with a Western Digital Formatting utility. Format, and install Windows XP. I assume you know how to install XP and take of the rest. My email is [email protected] if you ever need me when I am not available on the forums. =)