really weird xp installation problem

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#1 viper0982
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I tried installing windows xp on a 20gb partition of a 100gb harddrive and it went through the pre-installation process just fine, but when the computer restarts to start the real installation it goes to the press any key to boot from cd screen then it freezes on that screen and the letters c m m pop up on random parts of the screen along with a purple smiley face about the size of a normal letter. tried installing on that partion three separate times with the same effect each time finaly i gave up and tried the bigger partion and it seems to be working. Any ideas on what the heck was going on?
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#2 lostantix
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Was the partition formatted using the FAT system?