P. Di Stolfo

Oh, sorry, I misunderstood.
From the active and started Vista, you can't format the hard disk where the
active Windows is located. You have to boot from a bootable CD/DVD (like the
Windows CDs/DVDs) or another media that is capable of booting and formatting
your drives. Have you got a Windows setup CD? There, you can choose to
format your drive and then simply exit.

Greetings,
P. Di Stolfo
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"David Jones" <DavidJones@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:CF5C1AFC-73B0-4404-8EE0-203EC8E97433@microsoft.com...
> it says it's a system partition and will not let me format it
>
> "P. Di Stolfo" wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>> using the command prompt, it should work. Go to Start -> type cmd -> and
>> right-click cmd.exe -> Run as administrator.
>>
>> Greetings,
>> P. Di Stolfo
>>
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>> "David Jones" <DavidJones@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb im
>> Newsbeitrag
>> news:1A11BB26-ABE4-4C85-A9A3-5528E8FF79C9@microsoft.com...
>> > I've tried the cmd pmt and windows my computer and clicking on my drive
>> > and
>> > using format
>> >
>> > "P. Di Stolfo" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hello,
>> >> yes, but which program are you using to format? The command prompt?
>> >>
>> >> Greetings,
>> >> P. Di Stolfo
>> >>
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>> >> "David Jones" <DavidJones@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb im
>> >> Newsbeitrag
>> >> news:0C3E4E5A-D688-4613-B932-C8E98E63AC8C@microsoft.com...
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > "David Jones" wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> Message: I need elevated act authorization... I want to format one
>> >> >> of
>> >> >> my
>> >> >> hard
>> >> >> drives and vista will not let me I have administrator acct but it
>> >> >> keeps
>> >> >> saying that this needs elevated authority
>> >>