Cannot continue win xp installation, drive c is corrupted

[Alan]

I have win me upgraded from 98. Now I want to upgrade it
to xp, I have check the all the necessary requirements
before installation, i.e. incompatibility to uninstalling
anti-virus program. Five times now, I think, after
PREPARING FOR INSTALLATION to reboot, the message says
CANNOT CONTINUE INSTALLATION DRIVE C IS CORRUPT - sort of.
By the way I have 1.33 ghtz athlon processor (AMD K7). I
need help, PLEASE...Thanks for any tips.
Alan

 

[S.Sengupta]

-----Original Message-----
I have win me upgraded from 98. Now I want to upgrade it
to xp, I have check the all the necessary requirements
before installation, i.e. incompatibility to uninstalling
anti-virus program. Five times now, I think, after
PREPARING FOR INSTALLATION to reboot, the message says
CANNOT CONTINUE INSTALLATION DRIVE C IS CORRUPT - sort of.
By the way I have 1.33 ghtz athlon processor (AMD K7). I
need help, PLEASE...Thanks for any tips.
Alan
.

Hello!
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=310064
Check the hard disk for bad sectors also.
with regards/
ssg/pronetworks.org

 

[Crusty \(-: Old B@stard :-\)]

There are two types of disk corruption, physical and logical. If the disk is
physically corrupt, replace the hard drive. If the disk is logically
corrupted (usually the case - you can determine this by running chkdsk), you
really should perform a clean install.

By that, I mean, during the install, delete the drive C: partition, create a
new drive C: partition and then format the partition. Then continue with the
install. You probably have many errors due to upgrading and abnormal
shutdowns when using Windows 98 and Windows ME.

 

[Plato]

I have win me upgraded from 98. Now I want to upgrade it
to xp, I have check the all the necessary requirements

_Way_ too much OS's on top of OS's.

I'd wipe the drive with zeros then start with a fresh XP install if it
was my PC and I wanted a nice install.

If the zero fill hangs, then you likely have bad sectors. If fact, if
after a dos boot and a zero fill hangs, and _everything_ is set
correctly in the bios, then I'd prolly
toss the hard drive.