Well, first of all thankyou for a fast response, secondly it is the REL 0.5 livecd being a linux user has taught me no to use anything that says trunk. to flyer yes put the livecd on it shutdown the machine and restart and all I get is a freeloader error. it's a shame I'm currently venturing in sell...

freeloader problem is what I got, several cuestions in my mind, however will ask only one: is reactos capable of installing directly on the HDD? this is my machine: intel pentiumd 925/3.0Ghz/2x2Mb L2 cache/800Mhz FSB HDD sataII/7200RPM/8MB cache RAM 1024MB DDR2 INTEL GMA 950/with pci slot available ...