Re: Formatting a Hard Drive during installation

"Malke" <notreally@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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blueice007 wrote:

Thanks for the quick response.

Hmmm...I thought something was wrong. Is there some way to test the
ram on
this system? Everything appears okay in the bios. My other system
won't take this ram.

My gut (and the various errors I've seen) lead me to believe that the
problem is the harddrive. Even though it was working in my other
sytem, I think something happened during the various install attempts.

That's why I gave you the link in my previous post. Those are general
hardware troubleshooting steps, including how to test the RAM and the
drive.

Malke
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Remember, the OP said "I chose the "non" quick option." I have seen this
option on a large drive take as much as an hour or longer to complete since
it is checking the entire drive for errors instead of just laying down the
FAT or File tables. Yes there may be other problems with his system but I
think he should try the install with the "fast" format option. If that goes
OK, problem solved.


.

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