right what a fucking day, got a new xp disc a few days ago, tried to load up, same thing happened, 2 hours i tried, bloody thing still didn't work
then a solution came across to all my problems, enter shane one of my best mates from school, he suggested that we have a game of "throw the monitor into the bin out of a 3 story house" all went well i got it in the bin, then some daft old biddie walks straight in front of my house when i'm throwing the hard drive out, it's down a private drive ffs, nearly hit her and she calls the fuzz

i ended up getting off and the police ended up having to ask me if i wanted to take further actions about her trespassing on private land with gates and fences round and warnings about trespassing
at that shane was nearly on the floor crying with laughter
we were absalutely pissing ourselves when the old woman told the fuzz she was going to get her son to come round and "give us a good hiding"
anyway cheers dan, for the help regarding the computer it was much, much appreciated
just got wireless modem so i'm sure i'll keep you occupied anyways
james