okay, i now understand the frustration that some hack users go through. first i had a problem with the bios where the startup disk wasnt detecting the HDD i fixed this, because the bios was set in RAID mode, but i changed it to IDE and then it booted install disk. now this next step is where i am stumped, everytime i go to format my HDD it gives me these errors. Things like Underlying task reported failure on exit, and the most common one Filesystem verify or repair failed. And i get the same errors whatever Disk Utility option i try; Repair, First Aid, Erase. All of it. i am using a 80GB IDE Disk. Any help would be great

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