December 5th 03, 12:48 PM
>-----Original Message-----
>Ok, this is my first attemped at reformating windows
xp.
>I am using a 98 boot disk, and get all the way to teh
>format c: /s and it tells me drive c: cannot be
>formatted.
>
>What is the fix for this, and how would i go about doing
>it.
>
>I am reformatting because i get a nice trojan that shuts
>my computer down after i installed a virus software.
>
>Please help
>
>.THE MOST PROBABLE REASON YOU ARE GETTING THE ERROR
MESSAGE IS "I SHOULD IMAGINE THE ORIGINAL XP WAS SETUP
USING THE NTFS FILE STUCTURE, DO NOT USE YOUR WIN 98 BOOT
DISC BUT GO INTO THE B I O S, AND SET THE BOOT SEQUENCE
TO BOOT FROM THE CD ROM DRIVE FIRST, HARD DRIVE SECOND
DONT FORGET TO SAVE THE SETTINGS BEFORE YOU EXIT.
THEN PUT CD IN THE DRIVE.SHUTDOWN - AND START UP YOU WILL
NOW BOOT FROM THE XP CD, IT WILL SAY PRESS ANY KEY TO
BOOT OR START, DO THIS AND FOLLOW SCREEN PROMPTS,
IT WILL RE BOOT A COUPLE OF TIMES BUT DO NOT PRESS ANY
KEYS AT THE PROMPTS OTHERWISE YOU WILL JUST KEEP ON GOING
AROUND IN CIRCLES.
>
>Ok, this is my first attemped at reformating windows
xp.
>I am using a 98 boot disk, and get all the way to teh
>format c: /s and it tells me drive c: cannot be
>formatted.
>
>What is the fix for this, and how would i go about doing
>it.
>
>I am reformatting because i get a nice trojan that shuts
>my computer down after i installed a virus software.
>
>Please help
>
>.THE MOST PROBABLE REASON YOU ARE GETTING THE ERROR
MESSAGE IS "I SHOULD IMAGINE THE ORIGINAL XP WAS SETUP
USING THE NTFS FILE STUCTURE, DO NOT USE YOUR WIN 98 BOOT
DISC BUT GO INTO THE B I O S, AND SET THE BOOT SEQUENCE
TO BOOT FROM THE CD ROM DRIVE FIRST, HARD DRIVE SECOND
DONT FORGET TO SAVE THE SETTINGS BEFORE YOU EXIT.
THEN PUT CD IN THE DRIVE.SHUTDOWN - AND START UP YOU WILL
NOW BOOT FROM THE XP CD, IT WILL SAY PRESS ANY KEY TO
BOOT OR START, DO THIS AND FOLLOW SCREEN PROMPTS,
IT WILL RE BOOT A COUPLE OF TIMES BUT DO NOT PRESS ANY
KEYS AT THE PROMPTS OTHERWISE YOU WILL JUST KEEP ON GOING
AROUND IN CIRCLES.
>