Win xp will not do complete install

I use Bootcamp to partition HD, then use win xp to partition and format HD but cannot get out of these two operations. When I reboot Mac, it will not open in windows, only back to the windows formatting or partitioning.
Instructions call for ejecting Win disk and installing Mac Snow Lep. disk to update drivers. Since it will not open into Windows, I cannot do disk change.
If I open in Win partition or from CD, it goes back to partition or formatting screens in windows.
OS 10.6.8
Win XP Pro, SP 2

Bear with me, I'm not familiar with all the itinerations of Windows. Are you saying that later (than 7) versions of Windows cannot run XP? Or is that just a "No comment?"
Latest findings: After screwing around trying to install XP I quit everything and was going to do a final backup. The backup would not start. Then I noticed that the backup drive was no longer on my desktop. After poking around I found a 32 gb partition on my backup HD. I assume that somehow I partitioned the backup drive instead of my main drive. Cannot figure it out because Bootcamp Installer should not have allowed me to partition an external drive.
Anyway, I could not find a way to delete the partition so I have erased my backup drive and am in the process of doing an initial backup, estimated time = 8 hours.
After full backup is accomplished I'll try installing XP again on my OS10.6.8. Hopefully it will actually be on my main HD.
Since it will now be back on topic, I'll try to update on what happens.

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