XP Install says my drive c: is "corrupt" WHY? It isn't

I'm trying to install XP Home Ed. Upgrading from Win ME.

Installation chugs away and appx 1/2 hour into it, it
reboots and I get a blue screen that says:

QUOTE:

Windows XP Home Edition Setup
---------------------------------------
Setup has determined that drive C: is corrupted and cannot
be reparied. Setup cannot continue. To quit Setup, press
F3.


SO WHAT GIVES?

I ran scandisc and even did disk surface scan before
trying again. Got same message. Drive C: is IDE Western
Digital 80 Gig. Drive is a couple weeks old.

ANY ONE HAVE ANY IDEAS????

Thanks a lot.

Tom Kopil

Go here
http://support.wdc.com/download/index.asp
you may already have got a diagnostic disk with the drive but if you don't

download DLG Diagnostics (172KB) put it on a bootable floppy, i.e.. format
create an MS-DOS start-up disk
unzip the contents of the disk you downloaded to the floppy
3 files
DLGDIAG.EXE
DLGDIAG.TXT
DLGLICE.TXT

have a good read of the txt file DLGDIAG.TXT, print it out for reference if
you have a printer
use the floppy to boot the computer
run DLGDIAG.EXE from the floppy
if you have read DLGDIAG.TXT you should know what to do
this program will tell you if the drive is installed properly and in good
working order
if no errors are reported try a low level format (write zeros) this will
wipe every thing on the drive and normally solves problems like this, and
then try installing again
also make sure that the IDE cables are fully inserted and that power cable
to drive is plugged in properly


"Tom" wrote in message
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I'm trying to install XP Home Ed. Upgrading from Win ME.

Installation chugs away and appx 1/2 hour into it, it
reboots and I get a blue screen that says:

QUOTE:

Windows XP Home Edition Setup
---------------------------------------
Setup has determined that drive C: is corrupted and cannot
be reparied. Setup cannot continue. To quit Setup, press
F3.


SO WHAT GIVES?

I ran scandisc and even did disk surface scan before
trying again. Got same message. Drive C: is IDE Western
Digital 80 Gig. Drive is a couple weeks old.

ANY ONE HAVE ANY IDEAS????

Thanks a lot.

Tom Kopil