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hard disk may contain error
Name: leon Date: August 24, 2002 at 07:07:33 Pacific
Comment:
during xp installation, after partitions are created (using the XP disk), can't format hard disk, dont know why, it says the hard disk may contain error or its a scsi drive, i think the hard disk might be ide, but how to tell ide from scis? also how can i fix errors on a hard disk, is scandisk ok? thanks
Name: Bob PC Tech Date: August 24, 2002 at 08:51:13 Pacific
Reply:
Hi, IDE has 40 pin cable. SCSI have 50, 68, and 80 cabling, these are only a few, there are more. Bob
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Response Number 2
Name: sandman Date: August 24, 2002 at 10:18:32 Pacific
Reply:
I've had this problem before, Try formatting the harddrive with a Win88 bootdisk. It should help. You can get a bootdisk here, http://freepctech.com/pc/002/files010.shtml
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