HARD DRIVE CORUPTED ERROR

[BOB]

DURING INSTALLATION OF XP PROFESSIONAL FROM WIN98 I
RECEIVE ERROR MESSAGE THAT MY HARD DRIVE IS CORUPTED AND
CAN NOT BE REPAIRED. HAVE SCANED WITH ANTI VIRUS, RUN SCAN
DISK, AND NORTON DISK DOCTOR ... NONE OF WHICH RETURNED
ANY ERROR MESSAGES. HELP APPRECIATED

 

[Nicholas]

You would be much better-off if you backup your important
documents and data, then perform a "clean install" of Windows XP.

NTFS Preinstallation and Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/tech/storage/ntfs-preinstall.asp

Benchmarking on Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/platform/performance/benchmark.asp

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

[Courtesy of Michael Stevens, MS-MVP]


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Nicholas

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| DURING INSTALLATION OF XP PROFESSIONAL FROM WIN98 I
| RECEIVE ERROR MESSAGE THAT MY HARD DRIVE IS CORUPTED AND
| CAN NOT BE REPAIRED. HAVE SCANED WITH ANTI VIRUS, RUN SCAN
| DISK, AND NORTON DISK DOCTOR ... NONE OF WHICH RETURNED
| ANY ERROR MESSAGES. HELP APPRECIATED