Pc Had To Be Wiped And Win Xp

[Peerzy]

i have a xp boot disc is FDISC on that?

[shn]

Originally posted by peerzyboy@29 January 2004 - 14:57
i have a xp boot disc is FDISC on that?

Just use the xp boot disk and go to the partition selection screen and wipe out all the partitions.

Or try to do a "chkdsk" using that command to check the drive for any errors or bad sectors.

[Peerzy]

Originally posted by shn@29 January 2004 - 22:07
Or try to do a "chkdsk" using that command to check the drive for any errors or bad sectors.

i tried CHKDSK and it checked the A drive and nothing else i also tried SCANDISC and it just checked the A (floppy) drive as well.

in FDISK section 4 it just says NO PARTIONS on this disc.

it says nothing about the name of it.

about 20mins ago i just stuck in a legal copy of XP HOME and it started to work i selected the partion i wanted any everything then i choose FORMAT FULL WITH NTSK or what ever its calld and at about 15% pc just turned off and is back to its usually way.

im sure its not my copy of XP cause i have a perfecly not scratched legel copy of HOME and slightly scratched copy on PRO that has worked before.

im still in need of major help cause i aint got any money to get it repaired professionly.

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[Peerzy]

bump :helpsmile:

[skelley521]

Check all the connections inside the 'puter to make sure they are all made and if that doesn't change anything I would say the HD has failed and you need to purchase a new one.

Edit: last but not least, you could try to flash the firmware of the HD from the manufacture.

[Peerzy]

all the connections are in properly.

but isnt it wierd that 2 hard drivs of 2 different makes (maxtor and seagate) both fail at the same time.

does anyone know a way to totally format a hard drive 100%

also i no this may sound stupid but does the pc hav like a mini hard drive of its own which wod tell XP everytime i try to install that a file is fucked up or something?

[Peerzy]

also i think this is more hardware than software so could a mod please move this back into hardware world

:helpsmile:

[Smurfette]

Originally posted by peerzyboy+31 January 2004 - 18:19--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (peerzyboy &#064; 31 January 2004 - 18:19)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>but isnt it wierd that 2 hard drivs of 2 different makes (maxtor and seagate) both fail at the same time.[/b]

Only if they&#39;ve failed. I don&#39;t think it&#39;s the HDDs.

Originally posted by peerzyboy@31 January 2004 - 18:19
does anyone know a way to totally format a hard drive 100%

Yep, type FORMAT <drive letter>: at a DOS prompt.

<!--QuoteBegin-peerzyboy@31 January 2004 - 18:19
also i no this may sound stupid but does the pc hav like a mini hard drive of its own which wod tell XP everytime i try to install that a file is fucked up or something?[/quote]You&#39;re right, it sounds stupid.

Windows XP&#39;s installation does not require a partitioned and formatted HDD; if you have a new & untouched drive in your system when you run the XP install, it&#39;ll ask you how you want to partition and format the available disks, then do it. I know because I&#39;ve done it this way.
You could use FDISK to remove all partition information from the drive then just run the XP install if you wanted.

[Peerzy]

iv tried:
FORMAT {every letter on the keyboard}:

iv been to FDISK and deleated any NON DOS partions

and it still fucking bombs out.

but sometimes not in the same place.

the places it does it are:

1)while its loading files rite at the start b4 u can even select where to install
2)on doing a full format with NTSC (or whatever it is) NOT QUICK
3)after it asks me for my name and the time and stuff like that the pc just reboots.


AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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im thinking that im gonna hav to pay to hav it fixed
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[Livy]

go into fdisk, delete all partions, dos and non dos etc, so there is nothing there, create a new partition using all space, btu dont format it. now boot using ur winxp disk, run the setup, use ntfs type disk, and quick option, see if that works.

also u cant format the drives as there are no drives defined, eg partitions