hello everybody,

I was underway to format my harddrive and re-install XP as i have already done before.
My normal procedure, is to reboot with windows CD, choose recovery console,
format C: /fs:ntfs . Now unless my memorey is rusty, that's how i've done it.
What is happening now is that after i type the format command line, it asks whether i really want to continue, i type Y and it starts then 5 seconds after it's back to the c promt. In other words nothing happens! and the disc is untouched.

Am i missing something terribly obvious?

thanks for advice

Zurzu

Is C the entire drive, or is it partitioned?

Is boot block protection or machine level anti-virus enabled in the machines bios?

hello again and thanks for the replies.

I did manage to accomplish the reformat and subsequent install.

Well, what happened you might ask. I think i'm too ashamed to mention it, but i will anyway, since i''ve always gotten help from this forum.

I had the wrong cd in the player, ok all the fuss getting everything right and i forget to put in the correct cd.....sorry, i deserve to be labeled n00b

sorry for wasting your time

zurzu

sorry for wasting your time

It is not a waste of time if something is learned. And we learned that you are a n0... err, I mean that we all must be careful we have the correct disks on hand before we start!

Thanks for the follow up.

thanks guys...i ain't done yet with my noobishness though and will be posting more questions, soon.

zurzu

thanks guys...i ain't done yet with my noobishness though and will be posting more questions, soon.

I've been at this for decades - and the more I learn, the more I realize there is still to learn, with new stuff to learn coming on line every day.