How To Format My XP Bootcamp Partition. Help!

Could anyone tell me how to reformat my bootcamp xp partition during installation? I have chosen a Fat32 24 Gig partition for XP and I am confronted time and again with a Disk Error - even though the disk is brand new and has been used on one other computer.

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If it is an OEM disc as compared to a retail version, it will only work on one computer, not one at a time, but on only one machine. Is it an OEM disc?

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http://www.twocanoes.com/
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I wish for our/my sake you had re-read and rewritten the long 'story' and broken it into a brief list of facts we needed.
OS X
Windows
Backup (though external is much safer) and you want bootable OS X clones as well as TimeMachine
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT1427
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT1553
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I appreciate the help. Can you tell me what are the steps to tell Bootcamp to install drivers into a Windows install? Thanks!
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