Re: XP wont Install HD Read Error

From: Mark L. Ferguson (marfer_mvpREMOVE_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 01/25/05 

Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 18:50:59 -0600

Boot to the XP setup CD, and press 'r' for recovery console, run the command : CHKDSK /R 

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"Bob Palank" <bob@stlcc.org> wrote in message news:6yTId.5626$1h6.88@fe04.lga...
> Following the advice below, within Repair I see that the NTFS partition is there, so I successfully format it and then reboot and 
> start the XP install again. Since C is already an NTFS I leave it alone and continue with the install. Once I reach the Red Bar 
> followed,  the reboot completes and I get the Disk Read error again and XP wants to start the install over from scratch.
> Any other ideas ?
> Bob
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> Well, it's probably some hardware probably a hardware problem, but my suggestion is  the diskpart utility
> Boot to the XP setup CD,press 'R" for the repair prompt, and run the command DISKPART to remove the existing partition, recreate
> them , and then boot to CD, and run Setup. (There is also a Format there you might try)
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> "Bob Palank" <bob@stlcc.org> wrote in message news:JxCId.4131$vW3.2905@fe04.lga...
>>I start a XP Pro install from the CD.  XP finds the hard drive and allows me to set the parition sizes.
>> I'm working on a 20Gb Maxtor HD.  After the partitions are set,  C: is formated cleanly and the file loading begins. I reach the
>> "Need to reboot" step and watch the red progress bar maximize and the reboot process begins. The CDROM Drive is sensed and I get 
>> a
>> HD Read error and XP wants to re install from the CD.
>> How could I get a clean install up to this point and then get a HD Read error upon reboot.
>>
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