Thanks Kat, yes you are right, I was trying to format the C drive. Also = tried what you said about the fdisk but that also did not work. sylvia. I think she's trying to format the C drive not a floppy, Rob.=20 Boot with the start up disk you have. Type fdisk after booting with = your startup disk. You can follow the directions for fdisk from there and = format whatever drive you want. Kat "Life's most persistent and urgent question is: What are you doing for others?" - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk