Hi there, I tried to install Windows XP the other day,
upgrading from 98, but a short while after it begins, It
tells me that the installation cannot continue due to my
hard drive being corrupt. It suggests running a scandisk to
allieviate the problem, but here is the trouble... Whenever
i try to run scandisk, i get the message informing me that
another program has changed the hard drive and scandisk has
been restarted 10 times, i get this message even when
running in safe mode. is there any hope of resolving this
without having to resort to a full format?

I would suggest performing a "clean install" of Windows XP.

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

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Michael Stevens]

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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"Ben Gould" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message:
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| Hi there, I tried to install Windows XP the other day,
| upgrading from 98, but a short while after it begins, It
| tells me that the installation cannot continue due to my
| hard drive being corrupt. It suggests running a scandisk to
| allieviate the problem, but here is the trouble... Whenever
| i try to run scandisk, i get the message informing me that
| another program has changed the hard drive and scandisk has
| been restarted 10 times, i get this message even when
| running in safe mode. is there any hope of resolving this
| without having to resort to a full format?

thanks, i'll give that a try
>-----Original Message-----
>I would suggest performing a "clean install" of Windows
XP.
>
>Clean Install Windows XP
>http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
>
>[Courtesy of MS-MVP Michael Stevens]
>
>--
>Carey Frisch
>Microsoft MVP
>Windows XP - Shell/User
>
>Be Smart! Protect your PC!
>http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/
>
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>"Ben Gould" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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>| Hi there, I tried to install Windows XP the other day,
>| upgrading from 98, but a short while after it begins, It
>| tells me that the installation cannot continue due to my
>| hard drive being corrupt. It suggests running a
scandisk to
>| allieviate the problem, but here is the trouble...
Whenever
>| i try to run scandisk, i get the message informing me
that
>| another program has changed the hard drive and scandisk
has
>| been restarted 10 times, i get this message even when
>| running in safe mode. is there any hope of resolving
this
>| without having to resort to a full format?
>.
>