i am running windows xp sp2 on my hp compaq laptop.it was attacked by a virus a few weeks ago which made it imposible for me to open my drive c or d.after i cleaned the laptop with avg antivirus i realised the virus had made folder options,run,search and other facilities inaccesible.i decided to format the pc but when i start installing it gives me an error saying drive not found,even if i try to repair the OS it still gives the same error.the pc is able to boot though and most programs are running okey. i really want to format the pc,how can i go about it?
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Jump to Postyou need the SATA drivers and a floppy disk + floppy disk drive
XP does not come with built-in support for installing onto SATA hard disks
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