Installation Problems

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David Johnson

I have recently tried to install windows XP on a computer
and after i format the harddrive i recieve this message
"Setup was unable to format the partition. the disk may be
damaged.
Make sure the drive is switched on and properly connected
to your computer. If the disk is a scsi disk, make sure
your scsi devices are properly terminated. Consult your
computer manual or scsi adapter documentation for more
information.
You must select a different partition for windows XP"
I do not have any scsi devices installed and i have tried
changing the partition between FAT32 and NTFS.
 
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Rich Barry

David, you may have a hard drive that is failing. Are you using the WinXP
CD to format? Try both Fdisk and the CD.
Go to www.bootdisk.com and download one of their super disks with
fdisk and format on it. I would delete and
recreate the partition.
 

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