laptop help

[mann75]

i am new to the seen of programming and i am hoping i dont have to pay a pro to do it for me, so i am here begging for all of your guys help my problem is my laptop it is a compaq evo n1000v. i erased the old hdd to install a different os. now i am trying to reinstall the new os but now its saying that its a error on drive (1790) is what shows up. when i go to the ms-dos and try to format the hdd and partition it, it goes to checking the integrity of drive and stops. then it says it cannot what am i doing wrong or do i need a new hdd, to make this compaq laptop work? i am trying to run win 2000 it starts to install its self but never completes the install due to the fact it cant format the partitions.

[Raptor]

Create a bootable diskette and use Fdisk to remove the partitions and then reformat.

[mann75]

can you beleive i tryed that also and at times it says that the disk has no space or it says the integrity of the drive is no good but if i scan disk the hdd its good.  and at times it wont even let me access the c drive.

[Raptor]

Run a diagnostics utility on your Hard Disk Drive to test it's integrity.

Download the diagnostic tool from the HDD's manufacturer website.

[Computer_Commando]

Time to download the hard drive manufacturer's tools for testing.

BTW, there is a new ROMpaq for your notebook:
http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/files/evonotebook/us/download/18210.html

[merlin_2]

hp have two startup  diskette for setting up....have a look at their website...weird setup...