Cannot install windaaz

[dE_logics]

I'm attempting to (yet again) re-install windows cause of some issues. But this time a problem has been posed...a windaaz problem. After 'pressing any key to enter setup', and after "setup is inspecting your hardware configuration...." it just hangs... There's a very small (very dim actually) hardrive activity, but that's it...nothing else will happen no matter how much I wait.


Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 293 2353491 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 294 9729 75794638+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5 294 815 4192902 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 816 946 1052226 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda7 947 2102 9285538+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda8 2103 2690 4723078+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda9 2691 3996 10490413+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda10 3997 9206 41849293+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda11 9207 9729 4200966 83 Linux


/dev/sda1: UUID="2F3EB8C22ADFD1F1" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sda5: LABEL="gentoo-boot" UUID="a0487182-a0bb-4bd7-b90b-9ecdbd0c9fa4" TYPE="reiserfs"
/dev/sda6: UUID="7dc56971-82ef-49ab-af0a-6ad19b0e964e" TYPE="swap"
/dev/sda7: UUID="15660526-d245-4edd-bc91-42882d9f0009" LABEL="gentoo-usr" TYPE="reiserfs"
/dev/sda8: LABEL="docs+pics" UUID="b6e069ba-2c2f-43a7-9d15-1a92b8a36db7" TYPE="reiserfs"
/dev/sda9: UUID="04BCEB90329753DA" LABEL="game" TYPE="ntfs"
/dev/sda10: LABEL="media_writeit" UUID="a11fc10c-b73f-4731-ae4a-30a10165a69e" TYPE="jfs"
/dev/sda11: UUID="f1497cf7-c04b-4f2f-afa1-fd57e6e51335" TYPE="ext4"


Looks windaaz wants it's monopolistic partitioning schemes back.

[dE_logics]

Yes, I was right!

Remove the Linux partition to get windows working. Yet another breakthrough business stratagey by MS!

Just waiting for another antitrust case.

[dE_logics]

No ideas?

[Mark Phelps]

... Just waiting for another antitrust case.

Wouldn't hold your breath on that ... just look at the recent record of actions against MS being dismissed ...

[RJARRRPCGP]

It may be caused by some "soft bad" sectors. To fix that, you just overwrite the HDD with zeroes.

Installers acting bizarre may be caused by that.