Weird Hard drive Problem

[mattyj1085]

I have just bought a 80GB Hitachi IDE drive to replace a 40 gb maxtor that had failed in my old P4 pc.

When I try and install windows xp on it and it gets to the bit where it formats it, it gets to 100% and then says the disk cannot be formatted and my be damaged it does this if you choose quick or full format.

I have tried this drive in my other pc and it picks it up fine, I have formated it from this pc ok but when trying to install xp on it again from the P4 pc I still get the same message when it comes to formating it.

Any suggestions on what the problem could be would be greatly appreciated

Thanks

 

[Jakus]

Try to format it in the other PC, replace and on XP instal tell it to leave partition as is.

Run partition magic and set up a 40g primary partition, try to install to that.

if none of the above work you need to look into Bios/settings on your motherboard because ( and I assume the drive has been picked up correctly in the bios) I would hope You already checked the Bios is seeing the full drive capacity before posting...