Is my HDD going south?

[Brainchild]

I can't install any OS on this thing.I have tried 98se,ME,and XP, all of them will not completely install.Right about the time tjhey get the system configuration done,they BSOD.XP sooner than the other 2.Is this consistant with a bad sector?

It's a 6.2 gig WD Caviar I pulled from an HP.I haven't had any problems with it till yesterday,and now I can't get it to fully install an OS.

Is there any hope for this thing?

Thanks

[Bill in SD, CA]

You might try doing a low level format first from the WD diagnostic disk.

From what I understand, a LLF will mark any bad sectors on the drive.

Bill

[Kuasimodem]

BSODs during install can also be a telltale sign of memory modules going south. You might want to run DocMemory from SimmTester.com to make sure it's not a RAM problem.