Formatting raid hard drives

[snider34]

i have a xps 400 from dell with raid drives major problems with it tried to format the drives but i could only format d rive c drive is unformatable,whatever i try it wont format but now it has all kinds of more problems,imy warranty and tech support with dell has expired any suggestions or should i just take it in,ive done this b4 but couldnt find instructions,just wonder how screwed up i did this computer,any help would help

 

[MrLinux]

How are you trying to format the C drive, if it's from within Windows then you can't, it will have to be from a bootable CD/DVD (like the Windows install disk).

 

[roadrunner197069]

+1 cant format C in Windows.