Vista Installation errror

[Deleted member 7160]

Am trying to install Windows Vista on my system, and when am trying to format partition D, its throwing error as "Windows cannot format 0x800424of". Although its formatting C drive normally. Earlier I had Windows Vista Ultimate in C drive and windows 7 in D drive. My system config is:AMD Phenom 2.2Ghz, 3GB DDR2 RAM, 500GB WD HDD, Nvidia 9400GT Graphics Card. Any help would be appreciated !!

 

[Deleted member 7160]

Anyone here??

 

[blackperl]

use NTFS file system formatting

 

[Deleted member 7160]

Vista by default takes NTFS right? If am not wrong.. I had Vista Ultimate installed earlier..There was some issues with Vista, so that's the reason I thought of formatting and re-installing again :wall:

 

[s.ricky]

try installing in some other partitionas the specific partition may have some bad sectors

 

[Deleted member 7160]

I can install in other partition.. But how do I recover that sector.. Its not allowing me to create a partition for D drive.. Do I format my entire HDD?? Its just 1 month old system

 

[blackperl]

better format full HDD if there is not so much Data

 

[Deleted member 7160]

I have about 60-70Gb of data.. I need to take up a back up.. Have to beg an external HDD.. But anyone can tell me about that error message..? Tried googling but no luck..

 

[blu_6779]

try deleting the partition using a linux live cd and then create a new one...

 

[Deleted member 7160]

hmmm... yeh will try all sort of R&D stuffs this weekend.. after I take a back up of my data..