Satellite Pro A40-201 - cannot install the Win XP - partition not formatted

Hello

I have an A40-201 and the hard drive no longer works.
So I thought I'd change.

However, I found a problem, otherwise said, when I tried to install Windows XP, I found a mistake, "the score couldn't formatted when you reach 100% of the installation.

I tried several disks hard and other operating systems, but I get the same message every time.
The thing is I don't remember if I have to do something for the HD before you format it.

I'd appreciate really any help you could offer.

Thank you very much and sorry for the inconvenience.

Hmmm. have you tried to format the HARD drive using an external USB 2.5 HDD case?
Usually the Windows XP needs to format any HARD drive during the installation of the OS.

Did you choose this option?
If this isn't the case, you should do it.
The best would be if you would like to format the whole HARD drive and erase all partitions too.

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