my hard disk needs to be formatted , but it won't let me. It is saying that my disk cannot be formatted.?

Question

I can't even open files on it because it is saying that it needs to be formatted. What do i do to fix it? also how do i put written files on a cd-r that has songs already on it i know i can over-write them but it is saying no cd is in the drive, yet it will play the songs help me please :)

Answer 1

First you have to make sure you have all the disks you will need to reinstall information on your hard drive. You will have to have a bootable copy of your operating system (this means that when you have the cd in the drive your computer actually uses it to start up rather than the hard drive) Are you aware that when you reformat the hard drive you lose EVERYTHING on it, documents, pictures, favorites, programs, etc. It you are willing to start over completely from an empty drive you are going to need some basic knowledge of computers. You might have to reset your bios to boot from the CD Rom rather than your hard drive, you have to make sure you have all the programs you need to reinstall programs. Personally I do an fdisk and repartition the drive before I reinstall or format a drive but I think different people use their own methods. Just be aware that when you are using fdisk, reformatting, etc if you don't know what you are doing you can really mess your system up. Sometimes it is best to take the computer to a tech that knows what they are doing rather than mess with bios, registry or things you know nothing about. That's not a cop out on my part to create business I've just seen too many systems where some friend with enough knowledge to be dangerous has "helped" out on and wound up losing all the information and almost ruining the entire computer.

Answer 2

Boot from a start up bootable floppy created from windows 98 and format your hard drive from it. You cannot format Drive C: if you are running windows. If you are using Windows XP, boot from your installation disk and choose the format type that you want before overwriting the previous Windows that was installed.
A CD-R cannot be over-written. Buy another CD labelled CD-RW. You can erase and re-write on this as many times as you want

Answer 3

you cannot format your hard disk inside of windows, you have to reboot with a boot disk in the drive, and format it from command line.

if you have finalized your cd-r you cannot write to it. you need a cd-rw

Answer 4

Well you need to go to start, my computer, right click on the C drive and go to clean up disk and restart your computer.. You can not burn over a cd that already has stuff on it..

Answer 5

well you have to use your windows instillation disk and reinstall
windows.

If your CD disk is full you may need a new one
CD-r
is only CD-write able not re-write able

Answer 6

Unfortunately it sounds like you have some kind of a virus. If you were to format your hard drive you would have to reinstall your operating system. You'd also lose all your programs and data. I don't think that's what you want.

It sounds like you are going to need to have your computer looked at by a professional who should hopefully be able to save your data and remove the virus.

Answer 7

you cannot put more stuff on a cd-r that has already been used, they can only be written on once, to use a disc multiple times you need a cd-rw disc

Answer 8

why you format the hard disk first. its necessary.
inset bootable windows xp or professonal. then format the hardisk and install os. or which drive do you want to format it now ok

Answer 9

you can't reformat you c drive if u running windows, you need to restart you computer insert the windows disk

Answer 10

you cant overwrite a cd rom