Cannot format my hard disc

sachindoc · 05-01-2008, 10:31 AM

hello . i am having a peculiar problem . I am trying to format my hard disc having four partitions -- c,d,e, f with windows XP installed on drive c . I am trying to format using a bootable CD . After prompting the computer to start with cd rom support and after pci bus scan , the option a>/: appears , in front of which if i type h: it says invalid directory , this never used to happen before , then i am trying to format via drive g using cd win_se ,then drives are not getting formatted at all , whats the reason , is it due to virus/spyware or is there a problem with the hard drive itself . ?

**Deleted090308** · 05-01-2008, 10:54 AM

Welcome to TSF.

Check the cables inside the computer (shut it down first).
What kind of HDD are we talking about? SATA or IDE?

Try Parted Magic to format the HDD.

05-01-2008, 10:31 AM	#1 (permalink)
sachindoc Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 1 OS: xp	Cannot format my hard disc hello . i am having a peculiar problem . I am trying to format my hard disc having four partitions -- c,d,e, f with windows XP installed on drive c . I am trying to format using a bootable CD . After prompting the computer to start with cd rom support and after pci bus scan , the option a>/: appears , in front of which if i type h: it says invalid directory , this never used to happen before , then i am trying to format via drive g using cd win_se ,then drives are not getting formatted at all , whats the reason , is it due to virus/spyware or is there a problem with the hard drive itself . ?

05-01-2008, 10:54 AM	#2 (permalink)
Deleted090308 Not... Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 22,277 OS: Xp	Re: Cannot format my hard disc Welcome to TSF. Check the cables inside the computer (shut it down first). What kind of HDD are we talking about? SATA or IDE? Try Parted Magic to format the HDD.