Re: How to determine if HD is OK for Win XP?

From	retsuhcs@xinap.moc (Mike S.)
Newsgroups	aus.computers, comp.sys.laptops
Subject	Re: How to determine if HD is OK for Win XP?
Date	2012-11-14 01:20 +0000
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In article <gTBns.832$Ow3.829@viwinnwfe02.internal.bigpond.com>,
Dan Wallace <dan.wallace@mys-rv.net> wrote:
>Hi guys
>I have a couple old Toshiba A3Xs which I can't install Windows XP pro sp2 
>on.  The two hard drives concerned are 40 Gb and 80 Gb.  Both run fine when 
>used as an external USB drive (in an enclosure) and have been used to store 
>video files +PVR.
>However both drives are second hand and might have been installed with a 
>later operating system (vista, etc.) and this might be why I can't install 
>XP.
>On the XP installer I delete the partition(s) and try NTFS (quick) or normal 
>NTFS and the formatter gets to 20% after a little while and then bombs out 
>with installer saying 'can't install to this drive'.
>Can you please tell me how I can truly find out if these drives are OK for 
>installing XP?
>I have ultimate boot cd but there are so many applications on it that I 
>don't know what the appropriate program will be for the above problem.  If 
>you could suggest something for that I would appreciate it.
>Thanks, Dan

To add to the commonsense suggestions already posted - try a Linux CD
designed for disk management like PartEdMagic. Boot it and use gparted to
examine the disk structure. In particular, select the partition you intend
to install XP to and ask gparted to check and repair, then "apply" the
"changes".

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How to determine if HD is OK for Win XP? "Dan Wallace" <dan.wallace@mys-rv.net> - 2012-11-11 09:59 +1000
  Re: How to determine if HD is OK for Win XP? Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you> - 2012-11-11 00:23 +0000
  Re: How to determine if HD is OK for Win XP? mike <ham789@netzero.net> - 2012-11-10 18:37 -0800
    Re: How to determine if HD is OK for Win XP? "Dan Wallace" <dan.wallace@mys-rv.net> - 2012-11-12 07:20 +1000
      Re: How to determine if HD is OK for Win XP? "SG1" <lostit@the.races.com> - 2012-11-12 08:06 +1000
  Re: How to determine if HD is OK for Win XP? Bob_Villa <pheeh.zero@gmail.com> - 2012-11-11 05:17 -0800
  Re: How to determine if HD is OK for Win XP? retsuhcs@xinap.moc (Mike S.) - 2012-11-14 01:20 +0000

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