david_m
September 4th, 2006, 09:32 PM
Hey, I got a new computer recently and I gave my old one to my sister its windows ME. I looked up how to format and then reinstall windoes Me then I went down to her house and tried to format the drive c:. I tried to create a start disk but it gave errors saying file whatever could not be found and so on. So I skipped that part.
When I click Run and type command and the ms dos promt comes up and if I type format c: it says are you sure and I type Y for yes but then its says canot format drice c: as it is in use at this time. The same happens if I go to my computer and right click on drive c: and click format.
I have no start disk but i have the windows ME reinstall cd. When the computer is on and I click on mt documents some error comes up and the same with every folder on the computer but applications seem to run fine.
Now when I put a floopy disk with something on it and go to run and drive A: it says the disk is not formatted yet, Do you want to format it now. Even though there used to be files on the floppy.
I have windows Xp Pro at the moment. Could I download something and copy it to a cd and then run it on my old computer as a startup disk? because I think there is something wrong with the floppy drive on the old computer.
When I have the windoes ME reinstall cd in the drive D: when I turn on the computer 2 options come up saying start from hard drive or start with CD-Rom. When I click start with cd-rom it says boot with the cd support or without it and someother option. I have tried them all and tried the format c: command at the ms dos promt but it just say a bad command.
What should I do? a solution to anyone of the problems would be great. Thank you.
P.S. I ahve run virus scans and disk cleanup,scandisk,defragment but them errors still occor
When I click Run and type command and the ms dos promt comes up and if I type format c: it says are you sure and I type Y for yes but then its says canot format drice c: as it is in use at this time. The same happens if I go to my computer and right click on drive c: and click format.
I have no start disk but i have the windows ME reinstall cd. When the computer is on and I click on mt documents some error comes up and the same with every folder on the computer but applications seem to run fine.
Now when I put a floopy disk with something on it and go to run and drive A: it says the disk is not formatted yet, Do you want to format it now. Even though there used to be files on the floppy.
I have windows Xp Pro at the moment. Could I download something and copy it to a cd and then run it on my old computer as a startup disk? because I think there is something wrong with the floppy drive on the old computer.
When I have the windoes ME reinstall cd in the drive D: when I turn on the computer 2 options come up saying start from hard drive or start with CD-Rom. When I click start with cd-rom it says boot with the cd support or without it and someother option. I have tried them all and tried the format c: command at the ms dos promt but it just say a bad command.
What should I do? a solution to anyone of the problems would be great. Thank you.
P.S. I ahve run virus scans and disk cleanup,scandisk,defragment but them errors still occor