I am trying to reformat my hard drive using windows xp. After I select format using NTFS (quick), it starts t

Question

I am trying to reformat my hard drive using windows xp. After I select format using NTFS (quick), it starts to load the set up files. I keep getting an error during this load saying that Windows couldn't load some of the files correctly. Why is this happening and what can I do to proceed?

Answer 1

Sounds like there might be bad sectors on the drive. Try the NTFS format (not quick) and let it verify the areas before trying to write to them....

Answer 2

Hi, I've had to load a lot of systems and the only time I get these read errors in setup are when:
1) The CD is bad.
2) The CD-ROM unit is old and unable to read all the sectors on a CD.
These read errors are caused by a bad CD or a bad CD-ROM so try getting a clean copy of the CD and if the errors still happen then you need to replace the CD-ROM. That's it. If you already know the CD is good like if it was used successfully in another installation then there's your answer.

Answer 3

try formatting ntfs on normal mode, i mean not the quick one...
if you still got an error, replace your winXP installer I believe thats causing the trouble... though it may also be caused by bad memory modules or badsectors...

Answer 4

its probably your cd, check to see if its scratched or if there is something on it.or you can try using a different cd drive if the current one you are using is having trouble reading the cd.

Answer 5

ok first of try using the builtin feature
when u boot up hit the f10 and follow the prompts...