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Originally Posted by EXPEEUSER
Iâ₠™m running Windows XP on a Sony VAIO.
Hereââ‚ ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢s the problem: I want to format Drive C: and Iâ₠™d like to do it like normal people doâ₠¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã‚Âyou put in your recovery or boot disk and follow the instructions. But, I canââ‚ ¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢t. When I do (no matter which disk I put in) I get a message like the following example:
"E:\SONY\RESTORER.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\AUTOEXEC.NT. The system file is not suitable for running MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows applications. Choose †˜Closeâà ¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€ŠÂ¢ to terminate the application."
Whatever my choice there, †˜Closeâà ¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€ŠÂ¢ or †˜ignore,âà ƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚¬Ã¢â€ ¾Ã‚¢ I canââ‚ ¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢t do anything. I must be missing a System 32 file or something (Iâ₠¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢m guessing). Why else would it not recognize my Application Recovery CD?
Can someone help me get this damn thing formatted, so I can reload all my apps again? I need to format to get rid of all the spyware and adware on my computer.
Thanks.
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The Vaio that I used system restore CD's on required you to boot from them, i.e. making sure your first boot device in the BIOS is the CD Rom drive, making sure the disk is in, and turning it on/rebooting.