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  1. October 14th, 2003, 03:22 PM #1
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    Angry Win XP Pro Install - NTFS Full Format

    Hi. i recently tried to re-install Win XP Pro on my machine, but when I tried to format using the NTFS Full format option it kept stalling before it finished giving a stop at 0xa or something like that. I tried three different hard drives in two systems and got similar results. Finally I tried doing a quick format with NTFS and I didn't have any problems.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dormouse
    Hi. i recently tried to re-install Win XP Pro on my machine, but when I tried to format using the NTFS Full format option it kept stalling before it finished giving a stop at 0xa or something like that. I tried three different hard drives in two systems and got similar results. Finally I tried doing a quick format with NTFS and I didn't have any problems.

    Any thoughts?
    IDE drivers. if your on a raid card or your hardware is flaky is about the best i can think of
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    Quote Originally Posted by Matridom
    IDE drivers. if your on a raid card or your hardware is flaky is about the best i can think of
    It's just a plain ol' IDE drive and standard controller. Nothing fancy.
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  4. October 15th, 2003, 04:30 AM #4
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    We need more details, what is the hard drive make and model, the motherboard make and model, what type of ide cable are you using? Most important, what is the EXACT error message you get when formatting?
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