The new hard drive says it accepts XP in many of its configurations
including XP Pro which I have the original disc.
I reinstalled XP Pro on a failing hard drive last night...it took 12
hours !!!
I bought a the new hard drive this morning and tried to install the
same XP Pro from the same disc.
It says it is not a valid Windows disc after it goes through all the
initializations to accept an OS.....
What can I do?????????

TIA

You need to create a partition, then format the partition,
then install Windows XP. See the following:

Clean Install Windows XP
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience -
Windows Vista Enthusiast

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"Jim" <jfk666@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message news:1l6g54l63g38gp3o2ct8jopralu8es010p@4ax.com...
The new hard drive says it accepts XP in many of its configurations
including XP Pro which I have the original disc.
I reinstalled XP Pro on a failing hard drive last night...it took 12
hours !!!
I bought a the new hard drive this morning and tried to install the
same XP Pro from the same disc.
It says it is not a valid Windows disc after it goes through all the
initializations to accept an OS.....
What can I do?????????

TIA