Unable to format a disk

Lindsay

I have been attacked by the trojan CIA.Door and my PC is controlled by the
trojan. I want to format my hard disk and re-install windows xp. But I cannot
format the disk. I have tried by the command prompt also, but no result.
Please help me to format it.

Sean

"Lindsay" <Lindsay@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5554A0CD-6BC2-4628-8076-DCC71528C4B2@microsoft.com...
>I have been attacked by the trojan CIA.Door and my PC is controlled by the
> trojan. I want to format my hard disk and re-install windows xp. But I
> cannot
> format the disk. I have tried by the command prompt also, but no result.
> Please help me to format it.
>

If you want to go ahead with a clean install ensure that your machine can
boot from the CD, you can do this by going into the BIOS settings of your
computer and setting the boot sequence to something like

Floppy
CD-Rom
HDD
Network

Then once you've saved these settings and rebooted your machine with the XP
disc in the drive you'll be able to boot from that disk and install a clean
copy of windows. Make sure you have your serial number handy too your going
to need it during install.

Bear in mind that this will be an unpatched version of windows so it is
common sense to ensure your behind a good hardware firewall when you
reconnect to the internet or that your windows firewall is enabled then
update via windows update before doing anything else and reinstall your AV
software and make sure its definitions are up to date.

Sean

Sean

"Lindsay" <Lindsay@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5554A0CD-6BC2-4628-8076-DCC71528C4B2@microsoft.com...
>I have been attacked by the trojan CIA.Door and my PC is controlled by the
> trojan. I want to format my hard disk and re-install windows xp. But I
> cannot
> format the disk. I have tried by the command prompt also, but no result.
> Please help me to format it.
>

If you want to go ahead with a clean install ensure that your machine can
boot from the CD, you can do this by going into the BIOS settings of your
computer and setting the boot sequence to something like

Floppy
CD-Rom
HDD
Network

Then once you've saved these settings and rebooted your machine with the XP
disc in the drive you'll be able to boot from that disk and install a clean
copy of windows. Make sure you have your serial number handy too your going
to need it during install.

Bear in mind that this will be an unpatched version of windows so it is
common sense to ensure your behind a good hardware firewall when you
reconnect to the internet or that your windows firewall is enabled then
update via windows update before doing anything else and reinstall your AV
software and make sure its definitions are up to date.

Sean

Detlev Dreyer

"Lindsay" <Lindsay@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> I have been attacked by the trojan CIA.Door and my PC is controlled by the
> trojan. I want to format my hard disk and re-install windows xp. But I cannot
> format the disk. I have tried by the command prompt also, but no result.
> Please help me to format it.

You *cannot* format the OS drive under running Windows.
"How to partition and format a hard disk in Windows XP"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/313348/en-us

--> "How to partition and format your hard disk by using the
Windows XP Setup program"

--
d-d

Detlev Dreyer

"Lindsay" <Lindsay@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> I have been attacked by the trojan CIA.Door and my PC is controlled by the
> trojan. I want to format my hard disk and re-install windows xp. But I cannot
> format the disk. I have tried by the command prompt also, but no result.
> Please help me to format it.

You *cannot* format the OS drive under running Windows.
"How to partition and format a hard disk in Windows XP"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/313348/en-us

--> "How to partition and format your hard disk by using the
Windows XP Setup program"

--
d-d

Bruce Chambers

Lindsay wrote:
> I have been attacked by the trojan CIA.Door and my PC is controlled by the
> trojan. I want to format my hard disk and re-install windows xp. But I cannot
> format the disk. I have tried by the command prompt also, but no result.
> Please help me to format it.
>


I suspect that you're trying to format the drive containing the
system volume from within WinXP. You can't. This would be the computer
equivalent of sawing off the tree limb you're sitting on, and WinXP is
"too smart" to allow this.

After backing up any data you wish to transfer to the new OS
installation,, simply boot from the WinXP Home installation CD. You'll
be offered the opportunity to delete, create, and format partitions as
part of the installation process. (You may need to re-arrange the order
of boot devices in the PC's BIOS to boot from the CD.)

HOW TO Install Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default...B;en-us;316941

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/clean_install.htm

Then the backed up data can be restored and applications re-installed.


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Bruce Chambers

Lindsay wrote:
> I have been attacked by the trojan CIA.Door and my PC is controlled by the
> trojan. I want to format my hard disk and re-install windows xp. But I cannot
> format the disk. I have tried by the command prompt also, but no result.
> Please help me to format it.
>


I suspect that you're trying to format the drive containing the
system volume from within WinXP. You can't. This would be the computer
equivalent of sawing off the tree limb you're sitting on, and WinXP is
"too smart" to allow this.

After backing up any data you wish to transfer to the new OS
installation,, simply boot from the WinXP Home installation CD. You'll
be offered the opportunity to delete, create, and format partitions as
part of the installation process. (You may need to re-arrange the order
of boot devices in the PC's BIOS to boot from the CD.)

HOW TO Install Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default...B;en-us;316941

http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/clean_install.htm

Then the backed up data can be restored and applications re-installed.


--

Bruce Chambers

Help us help you:
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -Benjamin Franklin

Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. -Bertrand Russell

Ken Blake, MVP

On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 00:20:13 -0700, Lindsay
<Lindsay@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> I have been attacked by the trojan CIA.Door and my PC is controlled by the
> trojan. I want to format my hard disk and re-install windows xp. But I cannot
> format the disk. I have tried by the command prompt also, but no result.
> Please help me to format it.



You can't format the Windows drive from within Windows, since that
would leave Windows without a leg to stand on.

Just boot from the Windows XP CD (change the BIOS boot order if
necessary to accomplish this) and follow the prompts for a clean
installation (delete the existing partition by pressing "D" when
prompted, then create a new one).

You can find detailed instructions here:
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

or here
http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org/how...windows_xp.htm

or here http://windowsxp.mvps.org/XPClean.htm

or here http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/clean_install.htm

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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Ken Blake, MVP

On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 00:20:13 -0700, Lindsay
<Lindsay@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> I have been attacked by the trojan CIA.Door and my PC is controlled by the
> trojan. I want to format my hard disk and re-install windows xp. But I cannot
> format the disk. I have tried by the command prompt also, but no result.
> Please help me to format it.



You can't format the Windows drive from within Windows, since that
would leave Windows without a leg to stand on.

Just boot from the Windows XP CD (change the BIOS boot order if
necessary to accomplish this) and follow the prompts for a clean
installation (delete the existing partition by pressing "D" when
prompted, then create a new one).

You can find detailed instructions here:
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

or here
http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org/how...windows_xp.htm

or here http://windowsxp.mvps.org/XPClean.htm

or here http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/clean_install.htm

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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