Diskpart error message: I/O error

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Hello, I have a problem with a portable p. bell that crashed. I'm trying to reinstall Win 7 with the CD. It asks me where I want to install:
disk 0 partition 298.1 GB
unallocated space on disk 9.0 MB
I check disk 0 to install win continue all required info ok
but when I get to copying files, I get an error message:
Windows could not format the partition on disk 0 error code 0x80070057

I searched the forum and I'm trying to format with diskpart I find:
disk 0 online 298 GB
I try clean all and get a message:
diskpart encountered an error: the request could not be completed due to an I/O error. See the event log for more info!
Do you know what this means?

Configuration: Windows Vista / Firefox 26.0

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pgui Posted messages 114 Status Member 9
 
I open the command prompt from my Windows 7 CD:
x:\sources> diskpart
I type diskpart>list disk

disk no status size free dyn gpt
disk 0 online 298 GB 9 MB

>select disk 0
the disk is now the selected disk

>list partition

partition no type size offset
partition 1 primary 298 GB 31K
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