Re: Windows XP Professional - Installation Problem

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From: Ganesh Anand (gatt143x_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 06/04/04 

Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2004 01:21:13 +0530

If the problem is due to system configuration, SETUP must've been specific
that system does not meet minimum requirement.
But why there is an corrupted hard disk error on a error-free partition? And
I was not even trying to upgrade from Windows 98. I was just trying to
install Windows XP in a partition different from Windows 98. Is there any
way to supress Scandisk from running in Setup? I guess that will solve the
problem!

Regards,

Ganesh Anand

"Will Denny" <willdenny@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:%23Rz0oghSEHA.1172@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Hi
>
> Have a look at the following article - you may find that your PC is at the
> very minimum specs:
>
> "HOW TO: Prepare to Upgrade Windows 98 or Windows Millennium Edition to
> Windows XP"
>
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;316639&Product=winxp
>
> --
>
> Will Denny
> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
> Please reply to the News Groups
>
>
> "Ganesh Anand" <gatt143x@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:eLY27egSEHA.3200@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> | I have a Intel Celeron 333 MHz Processor with 6 GB Harddisk (3GB + 3GB
> | partition) and 64MB of RAM.
> |
> | Motherboard: Orginal Intel 440EX Board, TNT2 nVidia Graphics Card with
> 32MB
> | VRAM.
> |
> | OS: Windows 98 SE - Installed in C:
> |
> | When I tried to install Windows XP on D: (FAT32 Partition) through the
> | bootable setup CD, it loaded the required files to my computer and
during
> | Scan Disk, I got the error message:
> |
> | "Windows XP could not be installed because the drive D is corrupted
beyond
> | repair".
> |
> | I tried scandisk from Windows 98. It did not show any error and no bad
> | sectors were detected in my hard disk. What could be the problem? Could
> | anybody suggest a solution for this problem?
> |
> | Regards,
> |
> | PS: Drive D is already having 1 GB of data and has 2 GB off freespace
for
> | Windows XP Installation.
> |
> |
>

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