corrupted hard drive

[ethan]

Won't let me install win xp on a laptop. What are my options pls?

 

[Vicar]

Are you sure its the HDD? Sometimes memory can interfere with OS installs?

 

[postmanfw]

Agree with above. Check ram with memtest first to see if thats the problem.

Hard drive could be tested in another laptop or a desktop by using an adapter that you can buy for a couple of quid.

 

[Rackerz]

Depends on the error you're getting me thinks, what does the laptop say on screen, or does it do nothing?

 

[ethan]

When I tried a convert to ntfs or whatever it is the error message was cannot continue as the hard drive is corrupt ? Trying to format the drive now and it appears stuck on 39%