Win XP Pro Install - NTFS Full Format

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October 14th, 2003, 03:22 PM
Dormouse

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.

Any thoughts?
October 14th, 2003, 04:10 PM
Matridom

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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
October 14th, 2003, 05:18 PM
Dormouse

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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.
October 15th, 2003, 04:30 AM
NooNoo

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?