Re: Formatting Hard Disk
From: Bruce Chambers (bruce_a_chambers_at_h0tmail.com)
Date: 02/20/05
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Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 11:56:37 -0700
Pranav Bhalla wrote:
> 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
>
It sounds like you're trying to format the drive containing the
system volume from within WinXP. You can't. This would be the computer
equivalent of sawing off the tree limb you're sitting on, and WinXP is
"too smart" to allow this.
Simply boot from the WinXP installation CD. You'll be offered the
opportunity to delete, create, and format partitions as part of the
installation process. (You may need to re-arrange the order of boot
devices in the PC's BIOS to boot from the CD.)
HOW TO Install Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;316941
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/clean_install.htm
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