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Hello,
I'm trying to install WinXP again after the Power went out and messed up the
install process. When I tried to continue, it kept saying there was an error
on the HD.
So I like to just do a clean wipe of the HD and do a clean install again.
But when I try to format the HD with a bootable floppy, it says that is has
completed the format . But when I check the directory, the contents are still
there. And so when I run the WinXP CD again, the computer trys to continue
where if left off before the power outage, but it doesn't work of course.
No matter how I try to format the drive, it never becomes ereased, even when
I used the drive in another machine with Partition Magic and tried to delete
the parition. Even when I used FDisk, it still acted as if deleted
everything, but it was still there when I checked the directory. Somehow it
looks as if there a protection on the HD to prevent me from erasing anything.
Is there something special I need to use to erase the HD completely ? All I
want is to start over again for something that didn't get a chance to finish
in the first place.
thanks,
Dan
Hello,
I'm trying to install WinXP again after the Power went out and messed up the
install process. When I tried to continue, it kept saying there was an error
on the HD.
So I like to just do a clean wipe of the HD and do a clean install again.
But when I try to format the HD with a bootable floppy, it says that is has
completed the format . But when I check the directory, the contents are still
there. And so when I run the WinXP CD again, the computer trys to continue
where if left off before the power outage, but it doesn't work of course.
No matter how I try to format the drive, it never becomes ereased, even when
I used the drive in another machine with Partition Magic and tried to delete
the parition. Even when I used FDisk, it still acted as if deleted
everything, but it was still there when I checked the directory. Somehow it
looks as if there a protection on the HD to prevent me from erasing anything.
Is there something special I need to use to erase the HD completely ? All I
want is to start over again for something that didn't get a chance to finish
in the first place.
thanks,
Dan