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Originally Posted by ilya

Next time, slipstream the drivers/updates onto a new disk, making the disk takes a while, but it'll still save you hours on each reformat.

This is a free utility that makes things a little simpler: nLite - Deployment Tool for the bootable Unattended Windows installation

Definitely recommend this. Use nLite to integrate an Update Pack, like this: Download - XP SP3 Update Pack - xable.net so you don't have to manually download a boat load of updates. Really expedites the XP install process.