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Installing Xp It Gets to Forrmating the Drive and then Gets Stuck Help




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Old 7th Nov 2009, 15:15
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Default Installing Xp It Gets to Forrmating the Drive and then Gets Stuck Help

i am trying to install xp on my dell laptop and it get stuck when you tell it to format please help
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Old 7th Nov 2009, 19:31
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What do you mean "stuck"? Are you sure it's just not taking a long time? Formatting takes a while.
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Old 8th Nov 2009, 03:37
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well it get stuck on 4% every time then it crashes
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Old 8th Nov 2009, 05:01
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Default Re: Installing Xp It Gets to Forrmating the Drive and then Gets Stuck Help

Reading this in conjunction with your other thread about your PC not booting etc., it sounds as though your Hard Drive may be faulty.
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