I am thinking of re-formating my hard drive because of numerous problems on it, but the problem is that I am not to familiar with how to reformat so I really dont know how to do it correctly. If anyone could tell me or point me into the right direction into the best way to do it, it would be helpful. Also, I have 2 hd in my computer, and if I leave the second one attached to the main drive (C) will it be reformatted also, or should I disconnect it? If I disconnect the cable, will I be able to just reconnect it after the reformat on C and it be the same or what will happen? Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks alot! :)

Even though it is a fairly simple thing to do... you are wise in seeking advice. I would be inclined to go and have a look at www.techtony.com and check out his articles on formatting and using FDISK etc. The main thing that you want to do is ensure that you have created your Windows Boot Disk and depending on your computer, make sure that you have your CD rom drivers on the disk aswell. Once you have done this, it is simply a case of booting into DOS (probably off your boot floppy). If you do boot of your Boot floppy, from the A: prompt you simply type FORMAT C:/s This will format your C: drive and copy the required boot files to the hard drive for you. Now provided your CD is a bootable one (you don't need to install drivers) then you can insert your Windows CD and proceed with the install. If not, then you will have to setup your CD drive in Config.sys and Autoexec.bat Go have a look at that site and print everything out so you have something to refer to should anything go wrong Raa

Before resorting to that DRASTIC step. Try installing windows over your present system. More often than not it will fix problems.

A couple of things to add. 1. Make a new boot disk, even if you already have one. 2. TEST your new boot disk, make sure you can see all your drives. Including your cd-rom.

This will tell you everything you need to know. http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q221/8/29.ASP

Thanks to everyone that replied, its been a big help! :)