[parbynat]

i have got an old laptop,it is a IBM thinkpad with only a 3 gig harddrive.previously i had windows98 se installed on it which was fine even if it was very slow.recently i tried to install xp which was probably a mistake on my part but during installation i got a frozen blue screen with an error on it.every time i try to reboot i get the same blue screen.i tried to put 98 back on but it wasnt having it and now i cant use my laptop at all.would anyone know how i can wipe everything and start again.thanks................

[alex]

If you've tried to do anything above the bare minimum install then you've ran out of hdd space.

XP requires an absolute minimum of 1.5gb of space. If you try to install the 'typical' or 'full' then you're in trouble.

I'd format the drive and start over. But is it really worth it because with any driver installs, office software etc is going to take up the rest of your capacity leaving you nothing, if indeed anything else fits.

[serverguy]

XP is going to be useless with that little space.

You will never be able to store anything.

Go back to 98.

Also, if 98 ran slow, I dread to think how XP would perform!

[Jimmy Hat]

Yup, you need to format the drive before doing anything else. And just out of interest, how much would you take for the laptop? :p