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I have a spare IBM ThinkPad for travelling which is now 4 years old. It is
fine in hardware terms. I am running the original Genuine Windows XP Pro, SP
2. I have always kept it up to date.
Very recently, the OS fails to load; I get a fatal error blue screen and it
either freezes, so that I have to disconnect the battery, or it goes back to
the start up routine, gets to the same place, then freezes again or restarts.
I have tried to start in Safe Mode; it won't. I have tried to load windows
from a fresh XP disk (I don't have the original) it won't.
Finally, as I have my data backed up, I decided on a fresh install. It gets
to the point where it asks you if you would like to repartition the disk;
answer no and then it tells you that an error has been detected and the
installation will now stop.
How can I reformat this HDD, so that I can do a fresh, clean, install with a
new genuine XP Pro disk?
Can anyone help me?
Many thanks
fine in hardware terms. I am running the original Genuine Windows XP Pro, SP
2. I have always kept it up to date.
Very recently, the OS fails to load; I get a fatal error blue screen and it
either freezes, so that I have to disconnect the battery, or it goes back to
the start up routine, gets to the same place, then freezes again or restarts.
I have tried to start in Safe Mode; it won't. I have tried to load windows
from a fresh XP disk (I don't have the original) it won't.
Finally, as I have my data backed up, I decided on a fresh install. It gets
to the point where it asks you if you would like to repartition the disk;
answer no and then it tells you that an error has been detected and the
installation will now stop.
How can I reformat this HDD, so that I can do a fresh, clean, install with a
new genuine XP Pro disk?
Can anyone help me?
Many thanks