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Jump to PostUsing the windows cd.
if it cant boot at all, then its most likely not a software provlem but a hardware problem in which case reformatting wouldnt solve anything anyway
Jump to PostUsing bootable CD with HD tools.
Plugging the drive into another machine that can boot.
Jump to PostI agree it sounds like a hard ware problem, but if there is another reason you want to format the hard drive, take the hard drive out, attach it to an external device, or attach it internally, to a working PC and reformat that way.
Jump to Postset the bios to boot from hdd(hard disk drive) if it isn't helps then set the bios to boot from cd/dvd and put the op-system disk and format with that....after formatting that hard disk all of your data will be lost....
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