how to reformatt?

hells3000

hells3000

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ok ive been in trouble i have windows xp new installation and when it gets to windows setup (never finishes ) it says pci.sys file is corrupted si have a new hdd should i still reformatt it and how you do it?
 
if it says pci.sys is corrupted, most likely its a problem with the CD. If you have a new hard drive then i would just do a quick NTFS format (takes about 20 seconds). If you still get that message, then the problem is with yout CD.
 
OK, i will give you a breif explanation. If you need more help, just let me know and i will get into more detail. Restart yuor computer, put the cd in. Then go into your bios and make your cd rom drive the fist boot priority. Then exit and save changes. Then your computer should boot off the cd. Follow the step by step instructions. Install a fresh copy of windows. Then you will see a table with partitions in it. Find the partition then press enter. Formating should only take about 20 seconds. If you just let your computer run off the cd it will install windows xp for you.

Again, i was breif, but if you need more specific diretions, just let me know.
 
hells3000 said:
It never aks me what type of format I want and how can a cd be corrupted?
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Are you booting from the CD, or running it from within Windows?

A main cause of corrupt data on a CD is from scratches.
 
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