Solve : Scandisk - help please!?

1.	Solve : Scandisk - help please!?
Answer» I have an Acer Aspire computer which had Windows 7 on it. I wished to CHANGE to XP, but received a message saying "can't install, errors on disk". So ran Scandisk from DOS and it found 10,000 + bad sectors(?) and then said out of memory. Can I start again from the point where the sectors have been marked as bad, otherwise I expect the same thing to happen again. Thank you Robin RichardsonSounds to me like you need to replace the HDD with that many bad sectors.Given that you are changing the O/S this would be a good time to do that.truenorthYou could also install Windows XP mode with selected Windows 7 editions so you can USE both OS. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-CA/windows7/products/features/windows-xp-mode If its a dual boot of Win XP with Win 7 Home Premium and Below http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/8790/dual-boot-your-pre-installed-windows-7-computer-with-xp/First of all, there is no scandisk in Windows. SECOND, if your hd had 10,000+ errors it wouldn't even boot. Please tell us EXACTLY how you checked your hard DRIVE and EXACTLY what message(s) you saw on the screen.

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