re: Have no operating system - install xp pro Sunday, May 10, 2009 at 6:16 am Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Dan Sarandrea, MCSE (7132 messages posted) ''setup was unable to format the partition. The disk is damaged. You must select a different partition for xp'' XP Setup is telling you that it thinks there is a problem with the hard disk drive. Find out which company made the HDD, go to their website and download their disk diagnostic utility. You might need a new HDD. They seem to be failure-prone on laptops, IME. Written in response to: Have no operating system - install xp pro (danni: Sunday, May 10, 2009 at 3:34 am) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] Have no operating system - install xp pro (danni: Sun, May 10, 2009, 3:34 am) re: Have no operating system - install xp pro (Dan Sarandrea, MCSE: Sun, May 10, 2009, 6:16 am) re: Have no operating system - install xp pro (mikey: Sun, May 10, 2009, 6:18 am) re: Have no operating system - install xp pro (danni: Sun, May 10, 2009, 3:13 pm) re: Have no operating system - install xp pro (Ricer46: Sun, May 10, 2009, 4:33 pm) re: Have no operating system - install xp pro (danni: Tue, May 12, 2009, 3:11 am) re: Have no operating system - install xp pro (Ricer46: Sun, May 10, 2009, 7:23 am) re: Have no operating system - install xp pro (Steve: Sun, May 10, 2009, 7:45 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum