Unable to continue win xp installation, drive c is corrupted

[Alan]

I have uninstalled anti-virus program, disconnected
peripherals, still the win xp installation, after first
bootup (after PREPARING INSTALLATION), the installer says
CANNOT CONTINUE SETUP BECAUSE DRIVE C IS CORRUPTED - sort
of. I think this is the 5th times.
Need help, ANYBODY? Thanks in advance.

Alan

[Michael Solomon \(MS-MVP Windows Shell/User\)]

First, check your hard drive manufactaurer's web site for their hard drive
diagnostic tools and run them. This will tell you if your drive is going
bad. If everything checks out ok, the message would seem to indicate a
problem with the setup over which you are trying to install XP. The next
step would be to use XP to format your hard drive. This will wipe your
drive and you will lose everything so if you can still backup what's there,
a good idea anyway in case your drive is going bad, now would be a good time
to do it.

If you did format the drive and you are trying to install clean, you likely
didn't use XP to format. The procedure for formatting and installing XP
clean is as follows:
Boot with the XP CD in the drive. When you see the message on the boot
screen to "Press any key in order to boot from the CD," do so.

After loading drivers and files, you should be taken to a screen with
the following:

To Setup Windows XP now, press ENTER.
To Repair a Windows XP Installation using Recovery Console press R.
To Quit setup without installing Windows XP, press F3.

In your case, press ENTER.

Agree to the License agreement by pressing F8.

You will then be taken to a screen with two options.

To repair the selected Windows XP installation press R.
To continue installing a fresh copy of Windows XP without repairing,
press ESC.

This will bring you to a partition map where you
can delete, create and format partitions.
Select the drive you wish to format, delete the partition, then create a new
partition, format as desired and continue with XP installation.


--
Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
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"Alan" > wrote in message
...
> I have uninstalled anti-virus program, disconnected
> peripherals, still the win xp installation, after first
> bootup (after PREPARING INSTALLATION), the installer says
> CANNOT CONTINUE SETUP BECAUSE DRIVE C IS CORRUPTED - sort
> of. I think this is the 5th times.
> Need help, ANYBODY? Thanks in advance.
>
> Alan

[Jeff Hayes]

"Alan" > wrote in message
...
> I have uninstalled anti-virus program, disconnected
> peripherals, still the win xp installation, after first
> bootup (after PREPARING INSTALLATION), the installer says
> CANNOT CONTINUE SETUP BECAUSE DRIVE C IS CORRUPTED - sort
> of. I think this is the 5th times.
> Need help, ANYBODY? Thanks in advance.
>
> Alan you have done this five times right ok look this might be the problem
you need two check if you have put more than one are 2 are 3 of the same on
your computer ok try this delete the partition then do not rewrite it ESC
ok it will tell you how take disk out restart if it does not restart then
you only had one partition on there put disk in shutdown how ever you can
then restart and rewrite this might help ok i am doing the best i can for
you ok

[Jeff Hayes]

"Alan" > wrote in message
...
> I have uninstalled anti-virus program, disconnected
> peripherals, still the win xp installation, after first
> bootup (after PREPARING INSTALLATION), the installer says
> CANNOT CONTINUE SETUP BECAUSE DRIVE C IS CORRUPTED - sort
> of. I think this is the 5th times.
> Need help, ANYBODY? Thanks in advance.
>
> Alan jeff i sent you some advice but it seems two be missing hmmm ok
put disk back in restart go through the same process delete the partition
again do a raw install not a quick install you will need two install
resource cd then moden conexant then the other disk that has aol are msn on
it ok then disk one it will load up and put the program back in for you and
tell you which one goes next ok put all programs back in ok disk one should
have words on it ok .