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hard drive format/install woes!

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Cell

Discussion Starter · Mar 30, 2004

my dad recently acquired a virus or something on his computer that caused most of his data to become corrupt. i thought maybe a simple format and install would help solve the problem but i cant get the drive formatted. i took the old hard drive and hooked it into my computer and my computer wouldnt even boot for some reason. basically what i need to know is if there is a way i can format and reinstall. i tried to format it and at the last second it said the format could not be completed. anyone have any suggestions?

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Tumbleweed36

· #2 · Mar 30, 2004

What Operating system, what kind and size of hard drive, what format NTFS of Fat32? This info should help with the problem.

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Tumbleweed36

· #6 · Mar 30, 2004

When you tried to boot up and install with your CD, did you choose NEW installion? You need to select that to partition and format. Don't try to reinstall at this point, you need a clean partition and format. That option should be available if you were able to partially load the system as you described.

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