Thanks people,
It took me a while, but i finally successfully installed xp. I dont understand why, although the first i tried to install xp it stated that it could not delete the one partition. Nevertheless the partition table somehow got messed with and I had to transfer the errored hard drive to a computer with working windows and format the drive from with windows.
I think that this installation was just cursed to begin with because it took me so long and some many haphazarrd irregularities in installation. Once i fixed the partition, the boot record was acting properly so i had to reformat once again. After I finally installed xp, the local network at my school would let me log on for some unknown reason. Eventually I remedied the situation and thank you people for your help.