when i was trying to instal windows xp after partioning the drive when i choose quick format it gave me the following error
Setup was unable to format the partition. The disk may be damaged.
Make sure the drive is switched on and properly connected to your computer. If the disk is a SCSI disk, make sure your SCSI devices are properly terminated. Consult your computer manual or SCSI adapter documentation for more information..
after that i rebooted my system and ran the setup again and formatted the disk with low level
but no use i also tried formatting the tool with Hard Disk Low Level Format Tool which i downloaded from your site but no luck
i have 80 gb barracuda 7200.7 seagate IDE hdd
please help me regarding this issue

Scan it for bad sectors.
Use MHDD (or Victoria for Win).

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