Installing XP home on a T21

Hello all, I just inherited a T21, the hard drive has been replaced and I have tried to install XP home. After several attempts the install always stop at the same place. Any ideas??
Thanks

Is the hard drive any good? Do you have enough memory? Is the cd scratched? Is the cdrom defective?
I would try running PC Doctor on it first and make sure the hardware is OK before proceeding.
A T21 isn't going to run XP very fast but at least put in as much memory as you can to help it out.
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