cancelling format

[Jamie-Kane]

i started a format but i chose the full option and its taking to long. could i just manualy turn it off mid-format as i have tried a number of different key combinations to cancel it so i can partition again but with the quick format? if this does anything bad then i could just repair it using the xp cd as well couldnt i?

 

[Jamie-Kane]

someone else told me it would be fine to do. so i did

 

[Osiris]

It's ok

 

[Jamie-Kane]

ughh. so... now its saying error loading operating system when i try and boot it.

 

[peterhuang913]

Cause you formatted the boot partition. Are you using a install disc?

 

[Jamie-Kane]

yeah, ive tried with both xp and vista. eso, how do i get this all good again so i can install xp or vista?

 

[Jamie-Kane]

anybody?

 

[Jamie-Kane]

anybody????

 

[peterhuang913]

You mean you cant install XP from the cd?

 

[Jamie-Kane]

yeah. it just says error loading operating system