Q: I have tried reformatting the hard drive and reinstalling Windows XP. But keep getting error messsage.s I have attached a picture with the error message and a snapshot of the Task Manager for your reference. Please take a look at it and let me know which process should I have to kill inorder to get the disk to be formatted. I tried killing some in random, doesn't work. One of them just shut down my laptop. Please let me know. Thank you. Task Manager Image is at: http://www.pchelpforum.com/attachments/windows-xp-2000/8892d1216312086-formatting-hard-drive-keeps-giving-error-someother-program-disk-format-error-task-manager.jpg
A: Allright. Lesson No. 1: Do not blast random processes! This can pernamently damage your computer, and could result in errors. Lesson no. 2: Your screenshot of the screen is not available to everybody. If you want people to see it, upload it on a different site, or send the pictures to my e-mail and i will upload them on a different site. Why have you tried reformatting it? The answer to the question above is needed for a detailed answer to your question. Without knowing why you have tried reformatting it, i can still give you some advice; When restarting the computer, open the boot menu. (usually by pressing F12 or F2.) here you will be given a list of options. select the "hard drive boot" option (Sometimes just "hard drive") and press enter. If still given a BSOD, "Blue Screen Of Death" (BSOD is what the error menu is), or if errors still occer, turn the computer off and turn it back on. (If the computer is a laptop, and the bottom is hot, let it sit for a little.) as it is starting up, rapidly press F8. This will open the computer in safe mode. If this does not help your problem, do a system restore. I need the type of computer (EX. XP, vista, etc.) in order to give you instructions. I will need further information to help fix the problem. Contact me by e-mail at baddybirthday@hotmail.com I will need further information if you are using a mac or linux. -Thanks!