Hi, I did the Partitioning of the Hard disk and now I would like to format the drive c, I have created only one partition. but when i write camand format c: it give me error "invalid drive, or format not supported" can any one tell me what is a problem, thanks in advance. regards Yasir Noman

what tool did you use to partition the drive? What version of format are you using? BTW the command would be format c: /s or you won't install system boot files. Golly gee wilerkers everyone! Learn to Internet Search

You may let "Windows XP setup" partition and format since you mention using only one partition.Start the setup from a WinXP cdrom boot or with the boot diskettes and follow on screen instructions.Good luck.

How to partition and format a hard disk in Windows XP

thanks for your replies, actually I did partioning with fdisk and I created Fat 32 partion and it gives me the error which I wrote in my first posting. I again created the partion but not Fat 32 and used format /x c: command it worked and then i try to run the winnt.exe file from I386 folder and it then setup try to copy the files on my c drive but in the middle it stop and stop doing any thing. Then I try simply copy the whole I386 folder to C: but it starts and then copy some files and then stop. I think I have some problem in my Hard Disk what do you guys think? I don not have checkdisk to check the HD or mark the bad sector. Could you please tell me how can I do this by using DOS. regards Yasir Noman

couple of misunderstanding that need to b e clarified. Fdisk creates partition but not the file system [fat16/32/ntfs] Format creates the file system Point here is you didn't create a fat32 file system until you formatted. 2nd point is if you are booting off a floppy format c: /x [proper syntax] there is no access to disable and the /x was ignored. Last but not least what you describe with the copy files to the drive stopping is usually not a hard drive issue but a RAM issue. Have you altered your memory recently? And why aren't you installing normally by booting the xp cd via the bios and letting setup do all the partition/format and install? Golly gee wilerkers everyone. Learn to Internet Search