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Answer» hey i am new here and i have a minor problem if someone would at least try to help i would appreciate it. anyway my problem is i have alot of viruses and other minor PROBLEMS so i would like to format my c: but when i type in format c: like i usually do it says bad command or file name. i am using a boot disk (floppy) to do so and running windows xp home on a compaq presario. once again anyone who replies thank you for your timeSo you have booted from a floppy. It therefore doesn't matter if you usually are "running windows xp home on a compaq presario" or not. Now you are running DOS and there is no WindowsXP running - right?? So you are sitting at the A:> prompt and enter the command "format" and it says "something like ...". Please try again and ensure the above is the case and report the EXACT wording of the error message. EXACT! Offhand, I can't see why you are having a problem, unless you reported the case incorrectly and are doing something else. Mac Do you have the installation CD of your XP? if you have, then i believe you can boot up using that?? then do reformmatting and reinstallation.That is correct. He is going about this the HARD way. If he has some sort of restore disc that should not be an issue either.Is format.com on your bootdisk? (maybe a stupid question but...) uliType in format c:/u and hit Enter at the A: prompt. Note the space between the command and the target C: patio. 8-)Another hit and run poster...... O,that's too bad !I heard that on XP system ,there is no really DOS system in it !Can you find anther way to format you c:\ ,or you can try again to format u c: on DOS!May be it can be effect! Quote O,that's too bad !I heard that on XP system ,there is no really DOS system in it !Can you find anther way to format you c:\ ,or you can try again to format u c: on DOS!May be it can be effect! Get a Job ! !.... Quote O,that's too bad !I heard that on XP system ,there is no really DOS system in it !Can you find anther way to format you c:\ ,or you can try again to format u c: on DOS!May be it can be effect! Wangming, I am THIS close to just deleting all of your POSTS. If you get an urge to type something and then click on the POST button - don't.hey thanks for the help everyone and sorry i took so long to post again. yea i didnt have the right boot disk and thats why it wasnt formatting but i got a copy of the one i needed and it worked. so i am virus free, for now. is there any free anti virus progs that you can just download? if so does anyone reccomend anything. Well thanks again ns :\|Avast AVG Choose one or the other. AdAware Spybot Search and Destroy Ewido CCleaner Grab all of these. Make SURE after installing each one to grab the online updates and scan your entire system the first time in Safe Mode with each one with System Restore turned offk thanks

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hey i am new here and i have a minor problem if someone would at least try to help i would appreciate it. anyway my problem is i have alot of viruses and other minor PROBLEMS so i would like to format my c: but when i type in format c: like i usually do it says bad command or file name. i am using a boot disk (floppy) to do so and running windows xp home on a compaq presario. once again anyone who replies thank you for your timeSo you have booted from a floppy. It therefore doesn't matter if you usually are "running windows xp home on a compaq presario" or not. Now you are running DOS and there is no WindowsXP running - right??

So you are sitting at the A:> prompt and enter the command "format" and it says "something like ...".

Please try again and ensure the above is the case and report the EXACT wording of the error message. EXACT!

Offhand, I can't see why you are having a problem, unless you reported the case incorrectly and are doing something else.

Mac
Do you have the installation CD of your XP? if you have, then i believe you can boot up using that?? then do reformmatting and reinstallation.That is correct. He is going about this the HARD way. If he has some sort of restore disc that should not be an issue either.Is format.com on your bootdisk? (maybe a stupid question but...)

uliType in format c:/u and hit Enter at the A: prompt.

Note the space between the command and the target C:

patio. 8-)Another hit and run poster...... O,that's too bad !I heard that on XP system ,there is no really DOS system in it !Can you find anther way to format you c:\ ,or you can try again to format u c: on DOS!May be it can be effect! Quote

O,that's too bad !I heard that on XP system ,there is no really DOS system in it !Can you find anther way to format you c:\ ,or you can try again to format u c: on DOS!May be it can be effect!

Get a Job ! !.... Quote

O,that's too bad !I heard that on XP system ,there is no really DOS system in it !Can you find anther way to format you c:\ ,or you can try again to format u c: on DOS!May be it can be effect!

Wangming, I am THIS close to just deleting all of your POSTS.

If you get an urge to type something and then click on the POST button - don't.hey thanks for the help everyone and sorry i took so long to post again. yea i didnt have the right boot disk and thats why it wasnt formatting but i got a copy of the one i needed and it worked. so i am virus free, for now. is there any free anti virus progs that you can just download? if so does anyone reccomend anything. Well thanks again

ns :|Avast
AVG

Choose one or the other.

AdAware
Spybot Search and Destroy
Ewido
CCleaner

Grab all of these.

Make SURE after installing each one to grab the online updates and scan your entire system the first time in Safe Mode with each one with System Restore turned offk thanks

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