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redfishman26

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format problem.  HELP!
« on: December 23, 2005, 11:47:05 PM »
My army stepson has a laptop with windows xp.  He has virus and spyware problems that I cannot rectify so I am trying to format his hard drive but when I type the command from c:\format c:  it gives me this: "format not supported on drive c: format terminated".  
   I can see "format.com from the directory when I type dir/w but it appears disabled.  I am wondering if the virus or spyware has disabled the format and/or what can I do to fix it?
    I keep getting a popup wanting me to go to "topantispyware.com to fix the spyware problem but I suspect this is where the problem came from.

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    Re: format problem.  HELP!
    « Reply #1 on: December 23, 2005, 11:51:10 PM »
    You can do it all with the XP disk.
    http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000647.htm

    redfishman26

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    Re: format problem.  HELP!
    « Reply #2 on: December 24, 2005, 12:18:33 AM »
    got one!  What now?

    Fed

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      Re: format problem.  HELP!
      « Reply #3 on: December 24, 2005, 12:22:55 AM »
      Click on the link above.^^
      The bottom line is....
      Set your cdrom as the first boot device in your bios.
      Boot the computer with the XP disk in the cdrom.
      All will become clear.

      redfishman26

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      Re: format problem.  HELP!
      « Reply #4 on: December 24, 2005, 12:38:01 AM »
      The format is 33 percent complete.  
      Thanks!

      Fed

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        Re: format problem.  HELP!
        « Reply #5 on: December 24, 2005, 12:40:04 AM »
        Don't forget when it's finished.
        Firewall, Antivirus & Antispyware.

        dl65

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          Re: format problem.  HELP!
          « Reply #6 on: December 24, 2005, 01:31:25 AM »
          redfishman26.......
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          Don't forget when it's finished.
          Firewall, Antivirus & Antispyware
            and the Win updates and there will be a lot .........

          dl65  ::)
          If you don't know the answer, it isn't a dumb question.