I formatted a Seagate 10GB hard drive with a single partition using FAT32 and ran scandisk. The surface scan detected one bad sector and marked it so that it would not be used in the future. I then removed the partition and booted from the Windows 2000 CD. About halfway through the format (using NTFS), I got a blue screen error saying something like Driver_cannot_be_unloaded... I removed the partition and tried again with the same result. I then removed the partition and tried to install Windows XP. I received a blue screen error during the format but with a slightly different message. Something about the partition being damaged and not being able to install to that partition. Finally, I removed the partition again, recreated it and formatted it using FAT32 and then installed Windows 98 SE without a problem.
Can someone tell me, is the bad sector causing a problem with the install of Windows 2000/XP? I wonder because it was detected and patched using a utility from a Windows 98 startup disk. Any thoughts?
Can someone tell me, is the bad sector causing a problem with the install of Windows 2000/XP? I wonder because it was detected and patched using a utility from a Windows 98 startup disk. Any thoughts?