Corrpt hard disk?

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Ben Gould

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]

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Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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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?
 
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