Re: Can't reinstall XP because of bad sectors on disk.
From: Steve Nielsen (steve_nielsen_at_nunya.biz.nes)
Date: 07/12/04
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Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 12:38:04 -0700
Allen wrote:
> I can not load XP because there are bad sectors on the
> disk where the prior XP install was. The installation
> hangs while checking for prior versions of Windows and the
> disk heads just rattle over the bad sectors.
> How do I get around this to load XP in a good area of the
> disk?
>
> Booting in MS DOS works fine and I can read the disk
> without any problems.
>
> I have tried running ghost 2003 to clone the disk, but it
> keeps crashing when it tries to read the directory.
Run CHKDSK /R on the disk with bad blocks. It will mark the bad spots as
unusable and the OS should leave them alone.
Steve
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