Guest Lindsay Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 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.
Guest Sean Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 Re: Unable to format a disk "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
Guest Detlev Dreyer Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 Re: Unable to format a disk "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
Guest Bruce Chambers Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 Re: Unable to format a disk 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.aspx?scid=KB;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
Guest Ken Blake, MVP Posted August 17, 2007 Posted August 17, 2007 Re: Unable to format a disk 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_do_i_install_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 Please Reply to the Newsgroup
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