cannot access hard drive

evilmantis

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Hello!
I am working on a laptop I got from my sister. Here's the deal. It wouldn't work, tried installing XP again, couldn't. Found out there was admin password on HD, removed it (found out what it was and went in through setup and set to no password). Well, tried using XP disk again, but now when it gets to the part with HD info, it shows the drive info but says it can't access it to format it.

Any clues?
Thanks
Goldie
 

firewall

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Oct 11, 2001
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Damaged HD? Try running some disk diagnosing utilities on it like Scandisk/Chkdsk or Norton Disk Doctor.