Formatting my hard disk

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I need to format my hard disk. I tried the "format c:"
command but it does not execute it because some other
processes are running in the backgroung. Also I couldn't
kill those processes either.
Please advise.
 
Hi

Why do you need to format you hard disk? You won't be able to format from
within Windows. The following articles will help you if you need to format,
although a 'Repair' install may help:

"How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install"
http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

"Clean Install Windows XP"
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

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| I need to format my hard disk. I tried the "format c:"
| command but it does not execute it because some other
| processes are running in the backgroung. Also I couldn't
| kill those processes either.
| Please advise.
 
Greetings --

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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