Re: Format
From: Earl (nospamforme_at_forget.it)
Date: 02/28/04
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Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2004 16:57:34 +0100
Hi John,
first of all, it is ntfs. It is a 80GB Toshiba harddrive from my laptop and
I have had it partitioned and two OS are on it.One XP Pro and one XP Home.
Problem: It is thoroughly infected; from top to bottom and to repair both OS
would simply take too long. All necessary information has been put onto CD
and virus checked. Everything okay as far as that goes. BUT, when I try
starting up with one or the other CD's, it doesn't allow me to format
anymore. When I try to format one partition, it tells me that I am not
allowed to while temporary data is on that drive that is needed for the
other drive. And exactly the same is said when I try to format the other
partition.
Sort of a vicious circle. I have never experienced this problem before. The
last time I threw the CD in, everything was automatic and it went really
well without a hitch. But I think that the viruses may have screwed up
something from the inside of the drive. But I can't imagine what.
Any other thoughts?
:-)
Earl
"John Barnett - MVP" <freelanceit@mvps.org.nospam> wrote in message
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> Earl a bit more information is needed. Why exactly are you not able to
> format from the Windows XP CD? When you boot your pc with the xp cd in
your
> cd-rom do you get the option to boot from cd? If you can boot from cd does
> the windows xp setup program start? What file system are you using Fat32
or
> Ntfs?
> If you are using a Fat32 file system you can format the drive(s) using a
> windows 98 or Me startup disk from the Dos prompt. If you haven't got one
> then download one from www.bootdisk.com You will need to transfer the
files
> to a floppy disk but instructions for this should be on the site. Before
you
> attempt to format the drive make sure you have backed up all your
important
> documents and data. remember formatting destroys all the data on your hard
> drive.
> Insert the floppy into your floppy drive and reboot your machine. A menu
> will appear. Select the option to boot with CD support. This will install
> everything you need into your pc's memory. Once you have booted to the dos
> 'A' prompt type: 'format c:' (without the quotes) A message will appear
> telling you that all data will be destroyed. You must accept this for the
> format to continue. Your drive should then format. Please note, however,
> that this disk does not work with an Ntfs file system. However, if you
have
> an Ntfs file system you can still boot up with the Windows 98/Me startup
> disk and then use Fdisk to delete your hard drives partition. You should
> then be able to use the windows xp cd to repartition your hard drive and
> reinstall xp.
> Your second hard drive you should be able to format from within windows
xp.
> Go to Control panel and click on the Administrative tools icon. Once the
> admin tools window opens click the Computer management icon. on the left
of
> the screen you will see a list of options. Select Disk Management. A graph
> of you drives will then appear. Right click on your second hard drive (on
> the graph) and select Format from the drop down menu. The wizard will help
> you format your second hard drive. On no account try to format the C:
drive
> using this method. You will be unable to format the C: drive because
windows
> is in use.
>
> --
> John Barnett - MVP
> Associate Expert
> www.freelanceit.glowinternet.net
> "Earl Bross" <nospamforme@forget.it> wrote in message
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> > Hi Group,
> >
> > I have recently had a large number of problems with 2 harddrives.
Neither
> > of
> > them lets me use the Windows XP (Home or Pro Edition)CD to get onto my
> > harddrive and format it completely. My only option available is to
> > purchase(or rent) a mechanical tool to format them here at home. Can
> > anyone
> > recommend such a tool. What are they precisely called? I'd love to buy
one
> > for home use.
> > I'd appreciate any and all help I could get.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Earl (Canadian in germany)
> >
> >
>
>
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