Laptop hardrive not formating HELP PLS

LWClutterbuck · 12-29-2005, 12:55 PM

Hello
I am fixing a laptop for a friend the laptop running windows 98 my friend wanting to upgrade to windows xp. I bought a Windows xp installation disk tried formating it using std methods it got to 67% and stopped then i used a msdos boot disk to to try and format the hdd but to no luck stopped at 67% i then thought could be a dodgy hdd tried removing it but no lies i couldnt find it sounds stupid i know but i really couldnt see wear it would be so i need your help guys
Thanks
Chris

12-29-2005, 12:55 PM	#1 (permalink)
LWClutterbuck New Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 5	Laptop hardrive not formating HELP PLS Hello I am fixing a laptop for a friend the laptop running windows 98 my friend wanting to upgrade to windows xp. I bought a Windows xp installation disk tried formating it using std methods it got to 67% and stopped then i used a msdos boot disk to to try and format the hdd but to no luck stopped at 67% i then thought could be a dodgy hdd tried removing it but no lies i couldnt find it sounds stupid i know but i really couldnt see wear it would be so i need your help guys Thanks Chris

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