windows xp is just hanging on please wait screen

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has anyone ever come to this problem where windows setup is just stuck on please wait screen ,
i boot from the cd ,
then see a blue screen loading stuff at the bottom ,then it says
enter to install , f3 to quit
i press enter and it says please wait ...and wont carry on
my hdd i am wanting to install to is on PRIMARY IDE ,and the jumper for it is set to CS . and the cdrom with xp inside is set to SECONDARY IDE and the jumper for that is set to master ..
any ideas anyone ,,
 
tried that its still hanging on please wait or sometimes just reboots
any other ideas what this can be , its driving be round the beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnndddddddddddddddddddd.......

so heres the spec

AMD Sepron 2800 socket 754
asus socket 754 mobo
1 stick 512 DDR
80 gig maxitor , (formated from my pentium 2 machine , this where i am thinking the drive hasnt formatted properly ).
geforce 6800 ..
generic cdrom with xp disk inside..
400 psu

thats all connected
 
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