Re: Formatting C:

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From: Michael Stevens (mstevens_at_bogusmvps.org)
Date: 02/20/05


Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 15:42:09 -0800

In news:258F0671-EEB2-452A-B035-B5292E14635B@microsoft.com,
Pranav Bhalla <PranavBhalla@discussions.microsoft.com> respectfully replied
;-)
> 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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