Hello Sam,
On Sunday 12 February 2006 23:52, Sam Franc wrote:
> Is it possible to keep scandisk from running while installing
> windows? I have scanned the HD and corrected errors.
> When I try to install Windows it runs automatically and can't find
> the last cluster every time and quits.
> I want to get Win installed regardless.
> Can I do something?
> Sam
Can we assume that you have verified that there are no memory problems ?
Can we also assume that you have run "fdisk", deleted and recreated the
partition ?
Can we assume that you have formatted the drive without errors ?
If the above is true, and scandisk finds a problem it cannot fix, ie
"last cluster" then go back to "fdisk", delete the partition and
recreate it at 99%. Then format again. Then run "scandisk" and see if
you get the same error !!
If you do, I would check and make sure that the bios can actually
function with the HDD size. It could explain why you had a drive
overlay in the boot sector in the first place. !!
I don't recall you mentioning why the drive had one, from another
machine possibly !
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Pontefract Linux Users Group.
plug at play-net.co.uk
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