Hdd Not formatting?

Question

I have a seagate 160 gb hdd with win xp bootable disk.
when i run the setup it says that it could not format the drive partition . it says the disk might be damaged setup cannot continue...................
So I Exchanged it for a new one and i did this 5 times[exchanging]and i still have the same problem.
can someone help me!
seagate sata 160 gb 7200 rpm barracuda.

Answer 1

well, if im not mistaken isit a laptop ? a new laptop ? well, now all laptop r built in with sata HDDs, first u need to set enable sata from bios, den try installing windows again, if still cannot u have to buy an external floopy, because new laptop wun let u format like tat, after u buy de external floppy, if u have another PC, go to internet n find de boot device, its sumthing like ICH7, maybe u can find it in ur laptop`s brand website, if acer den acer, if compaq den HP.com



after u saved the file inside an empty diskett, turn on ur laptop, connect de floppy, den when windows check ur system, the moment it go blue screen, it will prompt u to press f6, n u press de f6, it will run like normal, when it ask u to find de HDD, u located the files inside ur floppy, n find de file name ICH7, den u can continue installing ur windows



WARNING !!! Don`t ever pull out ur floppy until the installation of windows is COMPLETE finish

Answer 2

I'd like to know if you can write and delete files on/from your hard-drive, because formatting is all about rewritting the file allocation table (FAT).



If you can write and delete files, maybe the operating system doesn't "know" how to handle the file-system on your hard-drive.



If you get an error when writting and/or deleting files, check the data cable that runs from your hard-drive to your motherboard. If it's OK, check the master/slave setting of your hard-drive: if your drive is the only device on the IDE cable, the setting is not so important, but make sure the drive is set with the corresponding setting in the BIOS.

If you have two hard-drives connected on the same cable, set the one connected at the end of the cable as "master" and the other one as "slave". Also make sure they are set properly in the BIOS.

If you have your hard-drive connected on the same cable with an optical drive (CD, DVD), move your hard-drive on a cable on which none optical drives are present. For an unknown reason, a hard-drive won't work properly when installed on the same cable with an optical drive.



If you checked all of the above and everything's right, there's a big chance that your motherboard is damaged. I exclude the chance that your hard-drive is damaged because you changed it so many times.

Answer 3

One of 2 things.

1. Set the bios to point to the SATA, not IDE drive first.

2. SATA connection - you may need to load the drivers (F6) at the start of XP install - especially if it is a new mboard or PCI card.

Answer 4

try formating it using msdos, for some reason xps file format got downgraded to the same one as dos