I am probably going to get blasted for this, but my suggestion is a low-level format. This is a "last resort" for a dying hard drive, but (and please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong on this) I believe a low-level format will reserve bad blocks and make them unusable. Hope this helps. Kyle >From: "Wayne@Tammy" <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: [PCBUILD] laptop hard drive problem >Date: Sun, 8 Aug 1999 23:08:05 -0400 > >Hello all, > >I'm working on a laptop for a friend right now, and his hard drive has a >bad spot close to the beginning of the drive. The drive FDisk's ok, but I >can't format it. > >I partitioned it into a 50 MB C: drive, and a 1 GB D: drive, tried >installing Windows 95 on D: , but Windows stalls during the install process >because of problems on the first partition. > >Is there any way I can format the drive, and have it continue on past this >error?, or get windows to ignore the first partition? Yes, I realise the >drive is dying, and that he should replace the drive, but in the mean >time, I'm looking for a fast fix. _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com Visit our website regularly for FAQs, articles, how-to's, tech tips and much more http://nospin.com - http://nospin.org