long xp install

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My daughter finally got winxp loading back up from dos but the files started loading last night and this morning it said 85 files loaded and it wasn't finished..now I was reading that if you don't use smart drive that it will be a long install but is this how long it should be? how many files need to be loaded before it wants to restart?
 
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I've installed XP on some pretty slow machines and it's never taken longer than an hour.
 
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How are you installing it? From CD? Cabs? Is it a clean install or are you trying to reinstall over the top of an existing OS?
 
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