i have installed windows xp professional(sp2) in my pc few months ago. after that i have installed linux(fedora core 5) and deleted the windows partition. now i want to implement dual boot system and thats why i want to reinstall windows xp again. but after inserting my xp cd(bootable) in my cdrom, when i reboot the machine ,the cd starts ...but after " checking your hardware configuration.." the screen becomes blank and the cd is not responding. now please help me under this circumstances by providing the solution as it's very urgent.

This sounds like a hardware failure or a scratch in your CD. Do you have another machine that's not being used? You might try installing XP on that one and moving the hard drive over! But first, if your CD is really scratched up, buy a cd de-scratch kit. That might fix your problem

Also, if you want to dual boot on the same HD, install-on-seprate-computer idea won't work. If the CD is scratched, and you can buy a cleaner kit that fixes it, see this guide for how to dual-boot linux and xp

Mate, this topic is really old.  Can we try not to revive topics older than a month?