so you are formatting within winxp pro installation setup? i would try these:
-formatting it in another computer.
-use windows to format it in safe mode.
-use a windows 98 or ME startup disk (or www.bootdisk.com) to format with FAT32.
-recreate the partition, try to format on this newly created one.
-formatting it in another computer.
-use windows to format it in safe mode.
-use a windows 98 or ME startup disk (or www.bootdisk.com) to format with FAT32.
-recreate the partition, try to format on this newly created one.