Re: Windows 2000 setup unable to format partition

Other than what DP said,
Your post is not entirely clear
'I had a new hd installed' does this mean an extra hd? or does it mean this
replaced the existing hd?
If extra (ie slave) your err msg may indicate that the origonal hd is
defective
PS Its allways possible a new hd is DOA

"Colleen Gayle Lane" <colleen.lane@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:%23GkfctIQFHA.688@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> I hope I picked the right group for this. I think it's a hardware
problem.
>
> I had a new hard drive installed and upon reboot I get a "Missing
operation
> system" error. I don't want to put a ghost image back on because this pc
> has always been a problem. I want to start from scratch and install
Windows
> 2000 again.. However, I only get so far when I get:
>
> "Setup was unable to format a partition. Disk may be damaged."
>
> Any idea what the problem might be?
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> Colleen Gayle Lane
> Milton Public Library
>
>


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