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11-17-2005, 12:15 AM
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Whats wrong with my Harddrive?
Something's wrong with my 160gb IDE harddrive , when i try to fromat my computer using a
Windows XP cd with NTFS , after the format a screen pop up saying: Windows Xp Professional setup Setup was unable to format the partition.THe disk may be damaged. Make sure the drive is switch 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. To continue, press ENTER. ^sorry i dont have a digital camera anyways how do i trouble shoot this..? THanks for reading this ! Last edited by jeamourt3; 11-17-2005 at 12:47 AM. |
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11-17-2005, 12:43 AM
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did you try scandisk first?
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11-17-2005, 12:48 AM
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this is what i got from checkdisk Thie volume Serial Number is 7041-4942 CHKDSK is checking the volume... CHKDSK found one or more erros on the volume. 10231392 kilobytes total dsk space. 10190408 kilobytes are avaiable. 8192 byete in each allocation unit 1278924 total allocation units on disk 1273801 allocation units available on dsk. so is my harddrive dead? Last edited by jeamourt3; 11-17-2005 at 06:11 AM. |
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11-17-2005, 03:14 PM
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When you're installing windows xp, are you partitioning the 160 GB drive ?
If so, try to erase any partitions and do a FULL format on the complete drive. If you still get that message, try to format another hard drive with the same exact hardware components (expect the same hard drive of course) and see if you still get that message. Almost always when windows cannot format a disk, there is something wrong with it. |
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