I am in big trouble i had tons of viruses infect my comp and i need to reformat whenever i try to format it says please close all programs running on this hard drive i only have one which is a Maxtor 40gb hdd 7200rpm i have a asus p4t-e motherboard and i need help reformatting and their anybody who can find a site for me on how to reformat my hard drive plz
Thanks
SkipRat
Posted 23rd Jun 2005 1:49pm
Post 273 / 3024
You cant format a drive when your actually in windows.
If you have your xp cd or whatever, your going to need to stick that in the drive... then follow the steps it tells you, and delete a partition.
Your going to need all your drivers and stuff to hand too though remember.
Whys it need formating? diddnt you have any kind of anti virus or spyware removal?