Formatting Hard Disk

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From: Pranav Bhalla (PranavBhalla_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/20/05 

Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 09:51:02 -0800

Sir,
I am facing many many errors after installing Windows XP. I had downloaded
a software from the internet and maybe because of that some virus has
corrupted. Norton Antivitrus and other top anti-virus software have failed. I
hav deleted the software i downloaded.
Now I am only left with the only option to format my PC. I have a
partitioned drive. C: drive contains Windows XP and D: contains my documents.
I don't have any other OS Installed. I tried formatting my PC from command
prompt but failed. Then I restarted my PC in MS-DOS mode and tried to format
C: but the error read unable to lock C: possibly because I was running on
MS-DOS in safe mode. But I had no other option on startup to run MS-DOS with.
I then made a start-up disk and booted from the floppy. and from that command
prompt i tried formatting but failed. It read format command as bad command
or file name.. I don’t have the Windows XP CD now. But I had copied all the
CD contents on D: for any re-installation. But re-installing XP doesn’t help.
Please help me in formattin the drive.Please help me immediately.I am in deep
trouble..
Thanking You 

-- 
Pranav

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