ok sorry its been awhile but i ran fdisk, i tried to format, sad bad file name or command, i used xp boot up disks and go to where it started copying files and at 99% it got to mouclass.sys and couldnt copy it for some strange reason so all that time was wasted, i restarted comp and there are still win 98 files on it man they are stubborn, i am going to try running partition magic from the 2 disks and then try to install xp again if that doesnt work i will post back. thanx again for all ur help