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XP Pro freezes while trying to reformat

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dynasty

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Switched from amd to p4 setup. I'm going to reformat. Well when I get into the startup menu it says ENTER=Continue R=Repair and F3=Quit. Well the screen freezes it won't even let me exit! I can't install xp and my system is virtually useless to me. How do I make my computer not freeze? I burned my xp pro disk to see if it was the disk and the burned dist stilled froze. I don't understand it. I reformatted on my old AMD system just fine. Also I have 9500np and when I would install the drivers they wouldn't run when I would restart after installing, is that my video card or not reformatting after changing from amd to intel? Thanks
 
try reformatting using a bootdisk and using a format c: from the dos prompt. if that hangs, just fdisk and start completely over. there is no reason that shouldnt work, and if it doesnt, you know the issue is SOME kind of hardware problem.
 
Agree with Plankton. It seems you might be trying to format a drive using software that is on that same drive - that's like asking it to commit suicide - use a boot disk or CD and go the FDISK route.
 
shouldn't lock up there unless there is a hardware problem. Try setting your bios to defaults and see what happens. Also you might want to try memtest86 if standard hardware troubleshooting doesn't go well.
 
My sense of the question is that he/she is trying to format the same drive that the machine was booted from. That is a hardware dead end in many machines.
 
Originally posted by: dynasty
I have partitioned my hd into two parts. One for windows and the other for everything else.
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OK - then are you trying to reformat the "everything else" partition or the Windows partition?

 
Originally posted by: Abzstrak
shouldn't lock up there unless there is a hardware problem. Try setting your bios to defaults and see what happens. Also you might want to try memtest86 if standard hardware troubleshooting doesn't go well.
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Agreed.
 
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