Formatting Vista

[Polter]

I installed vista ultimate on drive d: I want to format the drive but can't/ I've used the ":\boot\bootsect.exe /nt52 ALL /force" method, but won't work. Plese Help

 

[Vishal Gupta]

Are you trying to format the partition while running Vista? You can't format within Windows.

Boot from its Setup DVD and then enter into Recovery Console. Then try to format.

 

[Polter]

No, I tried to format the drive from Windows. Sorry, I wasn't clear on that one.

 

[Krazy_About_Technology]

Hey VG, BTW where is the recovry console option on Vista DVD. I myself wanted to run Partmgr but cant find it.

 

[Vishal Gupta]

Its there in the drop-down menu situated at the left bottom side of dialog box.