XP Setup says: Setup can not use the following: windows to [partition]
Q: I removed the partition and formatted. What gives? Please help.
Re:Originally posted by: guy
Originally posted by: guy
I assumed it was good becuase it loaded the windows installer fine. I will run memtest tonight.
don't assume
It ended up being a bad sector on the hard drive. Thanks for the ideas.
Re:Originally posted by: guy
I assumed it was good becuase it loaded the windows installer fine. I will run memtest tonight.
don't assume
Re:I assumed it was good becuase it loaded the windows installer fine. I will run memtest tonight.
Re:have you run memtest on the "good" memory?
Re:I am using the xp disk for partition and formatting. I did chkdsk in the recovery option and it did find one or more errors. I ran chkdsk repair and it said it fixed all errors.
All of this happened when I installed two more ram modules in my computer. The new ram must have corrupted my existing xp install. So I took out the new memory and tried a fresh install.
I tested the install cd on another computer and it installs fine
I took out all memory and used a stick from another computer, still no go
I changed out the dvd drive, still no go
I have not tried another hard drive, but I will later today. I will also change out the dvd cable.
Most of the info on the net with this type of problem usually points to memory problems. I tried a good stick so now I am back to the drawing board.
Re:What did you delete the partition with?
Did you create another partition?
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