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Format hard disk
Thanks for all the replys to my first message. I'm sorry I
didn't give enough information. This is an old laptop that my daughter is using. Unfortunately she picked up something that shut the computer down for awhile. In the process of getting it up and running I noticed she has also collected some spyware. I thought that maybe after I got the computer running it might be easier to fix everything by formating the hard disk. By the way SCANDISK had to delete several files before the computer finally got going again. The other problem is that this computer doesn't have a floppy drive. Is there anyway that I can set the computer up to boot from a CD drive? Thanks Al Original Message: How do I format my hard disk. I have tried right clicking it and choosing "format". I get a dialogue box that tells me that I can't format the disk because programs are in use. I have tried using the (control)(Alt)(del) to shut down all running programs. I still get the same dialogue box. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Al .. |
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Format hard disk
The option to boot from CD may be present in the BIOS - set the Boot order
there so that CD is higher in the list than the HD. -- Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x) Nil Carborundum Illegitemi http://www.btinternet.com/~winnoel/millsrpch.htm Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's or http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/f.../Mar27pmvp.asp "Al" wrote in message ... Thanks for all the replys to my first message. I'm sorry I didn't give enough information. This is an old laptop that my daughter is using. Unfortunately she picked up something that shut the computer down for awhile. In the process of getting it up and running I noticed she has also collected some spyware. I thought that maybe after I got the computer running it might be easier to fix everything by formating the hard disk. By the way SCANDISK had to delete several files before the computer finally got going again. The other problem is that this computer doesn't have a floppy drive. Is there anyway that I can set the computer up to boot from a CD drive? Thanks Al Original Message: How do I format my hard disk. I have tried right clicking it and choosing "format". I get a dialogue box that tells me that I can't format the disk because programs are in use. I have tried using the (control)(Alt)(del) to shut down all running programs. I still get the same dialogue box. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Al . |
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