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SlimPickins - 29 Jan 2005 02:28 GMT

Setup was unable to format partition. The disk may be damaged.

Make sure the drive is switched on and properly connected to your
computer. If the disk is SCSI disk, make sure your SCSI devices are
properly terminated. Consult your computer manual or SCSI adapter
documentation for more information.

You must select a different partition for Windows XP.
To continue, press Enter.

I had three machines all alike all install fine. This machine 4 HDD I
get this message. Looking for mobo documentation. Set jumpers to
different settings still same. Wiped drives with free killdisk.

Drives and mobo IDE not SCSI.

I tried googling but came up with a headache and no info.

CheeseMan

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Jimmy S. - 29 Jan 2005 05:03 GMT

Hi Slim,

If you haven't already done so, please post this issue to the
Windows XP newsgroups for Setup and Hardware issues.

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> Setup was unable to format partition. The disk may be damaged.
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