"stop error" when trying to install windows

[proanti1]

hi. i have an acer aspire one eeepc. when i got the computer it came with a really bad copy of windows, so i used usb multiboot 10 to create a boot thumb drive. i installed windows xp just fine, its been running good for 6 months. i just recently started having some problems with it. its randomly hanging, settings go default, and i started getting a files needed box popping up on just after startup ('the file JMICRON DRIVER DISKETTE is needed) that wont go away... no matter how many times i hit 'ok' or 'cancel', i searched for the file but came up empty. my keyboard is also not as responsive as it used to be, if i type fast it wont recognize half the inputs. just typing this has taken me twice as long as it should.

on to to next issue. i tried re-installed windows today and came across a stop error right after the loading files part and right before windows text install. the stop error is '0x0000007b (0xf7af663c, 0xc0000034, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)'. i searched into it a little and decided to do a boot sector scan with avg and it came up with nothing. is there a way to reformat the hdd in xp? (or in this actual computer)... because i tried to tear this thing apart to change out the noisy ass fan and it is nearly inpossible to get to anything, especially the hdd. i think reformatting would easy my pains.

thanks guys.

edit: oh, its an acer aspire one 150 with the 150 (or whatever) gig hdd and a gig of ram... if that helps.

 

[proanti1]

no one? only eight veiws? bump?

 

[lawson_jl]

One of the first options when you start installing Widnows XP allows you to create or format partitions. Same screen where you select which partition to install Windows too. I almost wonder if you have some hardware issue not just software. If deleting and recreating the partition doesn't fix the issue then should take it to a trusted local non-big box repair shop for proffesional service.