Can a disk be checked to ensure that it is OK ?

[Guest]

I want to reinstall windows XP onto my MacBook using BootCamp. When I tried
originally all went OK, no problems. I have a new hardrive now on the MacBook
and when I tried to install XP it was a real drag , wasn't right, sticking at
a couple of places, so I have removed it. Before I try again I was just
wondering if there is any way in which the disc can be checked to ensure that
it is OK ?
Can it be verified on a PC or can Microsoft UK verify it for me ?
Thanks
Brian

 

[Nightowl]

I want to reinstall windows XP onto my MacBook using BootCamp. When I tried
originally all went OK, no problems. I have a new hardrive now on the MacBook
and when I tried to install XP it was a real drag , wasn't right, sticking at
a couple of places, so I have removed it. Before I try again I was just
wondering if there is any way in which the disc can be checked to ensure that
it is OK ?
Can it be verified on a PC or can Microsoft UK verify it for me ?

Hi Brian

If you go to the disk manufacturer's website you should be able to
download a diagnostics program that will check out your disk for you.

Hope this helps.

 

[Rock]

I want to reinstall windows XP onto my MacBook using BootCamp. When I tried
originally all went OK, no problems. I have a new hardrive now on the
MacBook
and when I tried to install XP it was a real drag , wasn't right, sticking
at
a couple of places, so I have removed it. Before I try again I was just
wondering if there is any way in which the disc can be checked to ensure
that
it is OK ?
Can it be verified on a PC or can Microsoft UK verify it for me ?

Download a drive diagnostic utility from the drive manufacturer's web site.
That will create a bootable floppy or CD. Boot from that and run the
diagnostics.

 

[Curt Christianson]

Brian,

You mentioned a "new hard drive". Do you mean a way of checking the CD, or
the hard drive?

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HTH,
Curt

Windows Support Center
http://aumha.org/

 

[Larry(LJL269)]

Seagate & other OEM have a free routine that checks & zero's a HDD
w/o OS installed. Takes hrs tho.

HTH-Larry

I want to reinstall windows XP onto my MacBook using BootCamp. When I tried
originally all went OK, no problems. I have a new hardrive now on the MacBook
and when I tried to install XP it was a real drag , wasn't right, sticking at
a couple of places, so I have removed it. Before I try again I was just
wondering if there is any way in which the disc can be checked to ensure that
it is OK ?
Can it be verified on a PC or can Microsoft UK verify it for me ?
Thanks
Brian

Any advise given is my attempt to show appreciation for all
the excellent help I've received here but I'm no MVP so it
may only apply NUGS (Normally, Usually, Generally, Sometimes

 

[Guest]

OK, thanks everyone.

I gather then that it is possible to have an XP installation disk checked
out to ensure that it is clean and OK. I will have to find me a local techie
that can do this for me. The problem is that I only use AppleMac ( a Macbook
and an iMac ) and do not have access to a PC, so downloading anything that is
not apple formatted or apple specific is pointless. This is the reason for
using bootcamp, so I can run the macbook in PC mode.

Cheers

Brian