Step1:- When system is booted up, and you see command prompt, type sys d: and hit enter

if you see system transferred - you have luck, FAT32 file system is on drive C:, you will not lose your data go to step 5 - if any problem appears go to step 2 Step2:-REMEMBER, you will loose all data from drive C:/> - when system is booted up from USB, your drive C: appears as D: Step3:- Type format d:/q/s to format drive D: accept and when it is finished, go to step 5 ( you are lucky, you don't need to make partitions) otherwise go to step 4 Step4:- Type fdisk and hit enter create new partition ( after restart boot with pendrive in) go to step 3 and format the partitions and come back here :) type pqmagic and set your new partition active ( physical drive 2, Advanced A, set Active - S, are you sure - Y, Exit - X ) Step5:-Type nc and hit enter, and using Norton Commander, copy all files form pendrive to disk C: ( you can overwrite existing ones) Step6:-Restart Laptop without pen drive in it (it should start from hard drive) Step7:-Type cd i386 and hit enter (it will enter i386 folder) Step8:-Type winnt and hit enter Step9:-this will launch xp installation process and you can install xp as you do with cd.