Laptop hangs during format at 0%

[HDI]

Hi,

I want to reinstall windows xp on my laptop but during format it hangs
and it is staying at 0%.

I tried it with windows 2000 but same problem.

Thx

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Hi,

I want to reinstall windows xp on my laptop but during format it hangs
and it is staying at 0%.

I tried it with windows 2000 but same problem.

Thx

Please describe how exactly you're formatting your disk.
From within Windows? In a different way?

 

[HDI]

Please describe how exactly you're formatting your disk.
From within Windows? In a different way?

From the windows xp cd.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Hi,

I want to reinstall windows xp on my laptop but during format it hangs
and it is staying at 0%.

You can't format the Windows drive from within Windows, since that
would leave Windows without a leg to stand on.

Just boot from the Windows XP CD (change the BIOS boot order if
necessary to accomplish this) and follow the prompts for a clean
installation (delete the existing partition by pressing "D" when
prompted, then create a new one).

You can find detailed instructions here:
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

or here
http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org/how_do_i_install_windows_xp.htm

or here http://windowsxp.mvps.org/XPClean.htm

or here http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/clean_install.htm

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

From the windows xp cd.

I was actually looking for words such as "I set the boot order
so that the machine would boot from the CD. I then booted
it with my WinXP CD and . . . "

Please take the time to provide as much information as you can.
Remember - we can't see your machine!

 

[HeyBub]

Hi,

I want to reinstall windows xp on my laptop but during format it hangs
and it is staying at 0%.

I tried it with windows 2000 but same problem.

Thx

Also, if you have a SATA drive and the original XP CD (pre-SP1), you'll have
an additional step or two.

 

[HDI]

Also, if you have a SATA drive and the original XP CD (pre-SP1), you'll have
an additional step or two.

Ok thanks.

 

[Donald L McDaniel]

From the windows xp cd.

It seems to me that your problem has much to do with the HD drivers
for your drive, and little to do with the way you are attempting to do
your formatting.

Are you required to install disk drivers before installing your OS?
(This will be true if the drives are configured as RAID or AHCI.)
Check in the BIOS and see if this is so.

IF so, you will have to press F6 during installation and install your
RAID driver (usually supplied on a floppy with your laptop purchase)
before Windows will be able to access the drive.

You might try setting the drive (in the BIOS) to operate in IDE mode
before installing Windows. This will make it unnecessary to install
RAID drivers before the installation will go forward.


Donald L McDaniel
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