Intalling XP on new drive

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Is there a walk through proceedure I can follow to see what I'm missing ???

I've fitted the new laptop drive (pata) and its seen in Bios. Everything
looks ok until I'm prompted during the XP install partition/format the
drive. It gets through about 90% of the apparent format and says unable to
format drive???


:o(
 
Spikey said:
Is there a walk through proceedure I can follow to see what I'm missing
???
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The little beggar!! I walked back to it after posting and its copying files
now - I suppose threatening to throw it in the washing up scared it?? I
swear these things are alive!!
 
Spikey said:
The little beggar!! I walked back to it after posting and its copying
files now - I suppose threatening to throw it in the washing up scared
it?? I swear these things are alive!!
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Possible heat problem, or perhaps, flaky RAM. May bite you later if so.
 
Jonny said:
Possible heat problem, or perhaps, flaky RAM. May bite you later if so.
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Hadnt considered the ram as it was last years upgrade, I'll reseat it to
make sure its not loose.

This laptop has never got particularly warm and the fans still ok, but its
been so hot I wouldnt be surprised if its affected it.
 
Spikey said:
Hadnt considered the ram as it was last years upgrade, I'll reseat it to
make sure its not loose.

This laptop has never got particularly warm and the fans still ok, but its
been so hot I wouldnt be surprised if its affected it.
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be sure you check the drive for possible errors when you are done :>
 
Haggis said:
be sure you check the drive for possible errors when you are done :>
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Will do, thanks.

I went with western digital 60gb in the end so hopefully its ok.
 
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