re: Win XP Pro format issues
Sunday, February 8, 2004 at 3:46 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Francis Whittier
(235 messages posted)
Did you do an FDISK before the format? If not, you should.
On Sunday, February 8, 2004 at 7:29 am, Nicole Fagan wrote:
>I am trying to install Win XP Pro on a used 20 GB HD which previously had W2K on
>it. I booted to the XP CD, deleted the existing partition, repartitioned the space,
>and attempted to format. This is where I get one of two error messages - either
>"Setup cannot access the XP setup CD" or Setup cannot format the HD due to something
>corrupt (or something like that). Doesn't matter if I try to format NFTS or FAT32.
> However, I can format FAT32 using my Win 98 boot disk, but when I go back to install
>XP, I get the second error message. I've tried using the XP Pro Floppy setup (downloaded
>from microsoft), I've tried using a different XP CD, I've tried a different HD (also
>used, was a previous XP install). Both of these HD were working fine before I deleted
>the partition, so what gives?
>
>I'm not getting why this isn't working and would love some help....
>
>Thanks!
>
>Nicole
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