WindowsXP Not formatting

[Phluxed]

Hi there,

Im not sure if this is a reoccurring problem or not, but Ive tried 3 different versions of WindowsXP now and all of them seem to stick on formatting my laptops hard drive, all at 57%. I figured it was actually hardware driven, and the thing was already having trouble, so I sent it to the manufacturer. He fixed the other hardware related problems, formatted it and installed WindowsXP fine. I received it yesterday and am going to format it today, and as I am doing so, it just doesn't go anywhere after 57%.... anyone else seen anything like this?

 

[ForsakenMaster]

Sounds like a bad Hdd

 

[Phluxed]

I thought that too, but the guy who repaired it over the phone said he formatted it three times and installed three times without a problem.

 

[Fencer128]

Hi,

Maybe it's your laptop. Can you find another computer on which you can verify it formats ok?

Good luck,

Andy

 

[Phluxed]

It seems to format ok on other computers, but again, I reiterate, that the guy formatted the machine and installed 3 times, *this* exact machine, so Im not sure what it could be...

 

[Fencer128]

Hi,

A tricky one - your observations appear to contradict what the tech guy said. Can you download and run the diagnostic tool for the hdd manufacturer?

Good luck,

Andy

 

[Phluxed]

Yeah, Ill try that, Im also wondering if maybe there is another way to format the drive, perhaps with some software other than windows. I dont have a floppy drive with it however, so it has to be CD driven

 

[Fencer128]

Hi,

I *guess* the Knoppix linux distro (CD based linux distro) has fdisk installed. You could use that maybe?

Cheers,

Andy

 

[Phluxed]

Well just ended the "format" and to my surprise, it actually did format the disk, it just didnt update what was going on, so I installed windows over the directory it tried to install windows to originally and now its going. Very weird..

 

[Fencer128]

Hi,

All's well that ends well. One thing - even though it wasn't updating the display, you could still here the format process occuring from the HD itself?

Cheers,

Andy