installing windows...

[Killj0Y]

alright, first off.. i have a athlon xp 2500+ chip thats overclocked to 3200+, which has always been the case. causing no problems.

currently i'm running linux, and trying to format my main drive (40gb maxtor) to windows, then hopefully gonna throw linux on and dual boot my system.. (fedora core 3 is the distro i'm using).

well i tried this all last night, and i discovered with my 40gb plugged in the windows formating utility won't start, i press the space bar when it asks to boot from cd, then the installer says "checking system hardware.." and after that.. it goes to a black screen, and i'm not sure whats wrong.. i've tried everything minus taking my harddrive out and reformatting it on a different computer then throwing it back in this one and installing windows... anyone think they can answer this one?

yeah, sorry if i'm a little confusing. i'm a youngin, so that'll explain it.

~Joe

p.s. yep, my stupidness shows as i posted this in the wrong forum. sorry :x