Solve : Need to format drive due to virus?

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Answer» I've read another post from milesman about this, but if you use the FORMAT.BAT and you can't get to Windows, do you type this when you obtain a command prompt from safe mode ? If this works, is the hard drive ready to re-INSTALL win xp pro ? On a different machine, I had this PROBLEM and got the drives formatted outside of the home machine and put them back in the home machine, but the Windows XP Pro CD still wouldn't load the Windows XP program. I don't understand why ?You can't format C: from C:...no matter what command is used... Why not just let the XP install handle this chore ? ? It is bootable. Check the boot ORDER in the BIOS and set it to floppy, CD then HDD.That was the first thing I tried and it resulted in a BSOD.What new hardware/software has been installed on this machine recently ? ?I built the entire machine about 6 weeks ago and it was working fine with no new equipment. I had a virus and decided to format and reinstall. No new equipment. The hard drive will be formatted, hopefuly by using the FORMAT.BAT I've read another post from milesman about this, but if you use the FORMAT.BAT and you can't get to Windows, do you type this when you obtain a command prompt from safe mode ? If this works, is the hard drive ready to re-install win xp pro ?Quote from: patio on May 04, 2009, 07:38:30 AM You can't format C: from C:...no matter what command is used... Why not just let the XP install handle this chore ? ? It is bootable. Check the boot order in the BIOS and set it to floppy, CD then HDD. the only "preparation" required for installing XP is to plug in the hard drive- booting from and installing XP from the CD will handle everything else.I've tried the usual way of re-installing XP using the XP CD, but each time it results in a BSOD. This is not a typical case. Thanks anyway.so you think formatting first, and then installing it will fix it? a little more info on what BSOD, if you recall (or get it again) would be helpful.If it has a virus or a Trojan, formatting will remove everything. Isn't that right? Then I would have a clean slate to start with and I think all I would need is my licensed XP install disk and the original drivers, Correct ? I will try to add the salient points of the BSOD: STARTED install with the XP CD in as startup disk, deleted the C:/Windows partition, started the format routine, got 50%+ through formatting, then BSOD DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL Technical Info ***STOP: 0x000000D1 (0xFF07F07B, 0X00000002, 0x00000000, 0xFF07F07B) C:\Windows is a directory, not a partition. did you delete C? did you press D, and then have to confirm with L to delete the partition? And then create a NEW partition? You could try one of the other three options for formatting- quick and full for both Fat32 and NTFS leaves four options, minus the one you chose.

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I've read another post from milesman about this, but if you use the FORMAT.BAT and you
can't get to Windows, do you type this when you obtain a command prompt from safe
mode ?

If this works, is the hard drive ready to re-INSTALL win xp pro ?

On a different machine, I had this PROBLEM and got the drives formatted outside of the
home machine and put them back in the home machine, but the Windows XP Pro CD
still wouldn't load the Windows XP program. I don't understand why ?You can't format C: from C:...no matter what command is used...
Why not just let the XP install handle this chore ? ?
It is bootable.
Check the boot ORDER in the BIOS and set it to floppy, CD then HDD.That was the first thing I tried and it resulted in a BSOD.What new hardware/software has been installed on this machine recently ? ?I built the entire machine about 6 weeks ago and it was working fine with no new
equipment. I had a virus and decided to format and reinstall. No new equipment.
The hard drive will be formatted, hopefuly by using the FORMAT.BAT

I've read another post from milesman about this, but if you use the FORMAT.BAT and you
can't get to Windows, do you type this when you obtain a command prompt from safe
mode ?

If this works, is the hard drive ready to re-install win xp pro ?Quote from: patio on May 04, 2009, 07:38:30 AM

You can't format C: from C:...no matter what command is used...
Why not just let the XP install handle this chore ? ?
It is bootable.
Check the boot order in the BIOS and set it to floppy, CD then HDD.

the only "preparation" required for installing XP is to plug in the hard drive- booting from and installing XP from the CD will handle everything else.I've tried the usual way of re-installing XP using the XP CD, but each time it results in a BSOD.
This is not a typical case.

Thanks anyway.so you think formatting first, and then installing it will fix it?

a little more info on what BSOD, if you recall (or get it again) would be helpful.If it has a virus or a Trojan, formatting will remove everything. Isn't that right? Then I would have
a clean slate to start with and I think all I would need is my licensed XP install disk and the
original drivers, Correct ?

I will try to add the salient points of the BSOD:

STARTED install with the XP CD in as startup disk, deleted the C:/Windows partition, started the format
routine, got 50%+ through formatting, then BSOD

DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
Technical Info ***STOP: 0x000000D1 (0xFF07F07B, 0X00000002, 0x00000000, 0xFF07F07B)

C:\Windows is a directory, not a partition.

did you delete C? did you press D, and then have to confirm with L to delete the partition?

And then create a NEW partition?

You could try one of the other three options for formatting- quick and full for both Fat32 and NTFS leaves four options, minus the one you chose.

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