So in other words my hard disk is more or less broken ? Anyway before we come
to a conclusion about my hard disk, I ran the diagnostic software again &
well this time I got a different error:
File Structure Test Result:

Partition 1 (NTFS (80 GB) No Name) Result: Failed with critical Errors

The following errors were found while scanning the volume:
- Basic structure corruption

Also the other thing is EVERY other test passes except this one. Any new
conclusions or same old ones to show that the hard disk should be replaced ?
The other thing is I previously used two hard disks on this motherboard &
about a week or so ago my other hard disk also crashed, it suddenly just
started making this weird noise from it & was not detected by the computer,
as if it was trying to spin up but not being able to. I had both of them set
up in RAID 0 configuration & therefore had to format my computer to allow
only this hard disk to work & now even this seems to have gone faulty. Any
possible reasons ?

"Cari (MS-MVP)" wrote:

> If the drive is still under guarantee, get it exchanged. If not, buy a new
> one. It's never going to be a reliable drive, no matter how many times you
> format it.... it's trying to tell you it's sick!
> --
> Cari (MS-MVP)
> Windows Technologies, Printing & Imaging
> http://www.coribright.com/windows
>
>
> "manu08" <manu08@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:F1E76AFD-E0AB-46ED-B999-FEA8EC0B73BD@microsoft.com...
> > Hi,
> > I ran the Seatools diagnostic software on my hard disk & got the following
> > test as failed :
> >
> > File Structure Test Result:
> >
> > Partition 1 (NTFS (80 GB) ) Result: Failed with critical Errors
> >
> > The following errors were found while scanning the volume:
> > - One or more errors were found in the index
> > - One or more errors were found in metadata file records
> >
> > Can someone tell me how to proceed in order to resolve this? I am trying
> > to
> > install Windows XP on this hard disk & am not being able to. After it
> > finishes formatting the hard disk (not quick) & when it is 'supposed' to
> > start copying windows files, I get this error:
> >
> > Setup was unable to format the partition. The disk may be damaged.
> > Make sure the drive is switched on & properly connected to your
> > computer....
> >
> > Anyone know how to go about this ?
>
>
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