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Old 10-05-2008, 04:38 AM   #1 (permalink)
 
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I am doing a clean Windows Xp install on a clean 160Gb Ide drive.

When i get to the part where it partitions the drive, it doesnt work - no error message, nothing - it just goes back to the partition page as if no partitioning has been done, so i try again and nothing - stuck in an infinite loop.

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Is trying to use a different hard disk possible?
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Did you delete the partitions that are already there first then try?
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There are no partitions already there, just one large chunk of unpartitioned space.
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Try a new hard drive.
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Okay so if it is unpartitioned space did you try to create a partition? By hitting C to create a partition?
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