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dsawyer
10-17-09, 03:42 PM
I am trying to format a hard drive with a floppy disk. I get a message that says cannot format a network drive. Is there any way around this? The hard drive had a virus or spyware so it will not format with a xp cd.
mikerios
10-17-09, 05:09 PM
virus or not
any hard drive should format with a proper BOOTABLE cd, be it a rescue cd or a real XP retail version ( or even OEM )
so they problem lies with in your BIOS settings ( in terms of boot order it should be set to CD then HDD)
the disc it self ( meaning it's not a bootable CD )
or the floppy
you are booting to the floppy or cd in a pure command enviroment and not in a shell under windows XP right?
as you cannot format it , if XP loads
it must be booting to the command prompt
then you can format, with no issues
any hard drive should format with a proper BOOTABLE cd, be it a rescue cd or a real XP retail version ( or even OEM )
so they problem lies with in your BIOS settings ( in terms of boot order it should be set to CD then HDD)
the disc it self ( meaning it's not a bootable CD )
or the floppy
you are booting to the floppy or cd in a pure command enviroment and not in a shell under windows XP right?
as you cannot format it , if XP loads
it must be booting to the command prompt
then you can format, with no issues
chfite
10-18-09, 03:15 PM
Is this a network drive or an installed drive?