reformat hard disk

[stressed]

My computer got a virus (I think). It was acting crazy
and then it shut down. When I turned it back on it came
up in DOS and gave a message like "hard disk not found."
Can I reformat my hard drive and reload my programs. I
realize that all previous info will be lost, but I'm just
desperate to save my computer at this point.

Any help will be appreciated!
Thanks

[Noel Paton]

Did it say
' Hard Disk not found'
or
'Operating System not found'
??
The two are very different - with quite different causes/cures

Please repost with the EXACT error message

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2004, Win9x)

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Please read http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm on how to post messages to NG's
or
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2001/Mar01/Mar27pmvp.asp

"stressed" > wrote in message
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> My computer got a virus (I think). It was acting crazy
> and then it shut down. When I turned it back on it came
> up in DOS and gave a message like "hard disk not found."
> Can I reformat my hard drive and reload my programs. I
> realize that all previous info will be lost, but I'm just
> desperate to save my computer at this point.
>
> Any help will be appreciated!
> Thanks