Computer Trouble

I have a computer thats about 6 or 7 yrs old (not currently being used), i went to start it up to re-format the harddrive and install the required components and such and the comp booted but would not load into dos no matter what i did and it does not load properly and it does stuff i dont want it to do... WHAT SHOULD I DO??!?!

Have you partitioned and reformatted your hard drive before? Maybe you should elaborate on your problem so that it will be easier for others to help you.

Get a program that wipes your disk clean, have an operating system disc. Pop it in, reformat... and there you go.

If that doesn't work, you may consider trashing the computer.

wipe drive is a pretty good computer destroyer heh, ive used it many times. i think it only like $700.00

what is kind of system do u use now? after windows xp come out a Resume the control cabinet .u can use it to fix the magnetic disc guides the sector by command 'c:\chkdsk/p ' or'c:\bootcfg' ,then load ur system by cd-rom.

added:as better as u know the bios a lot.

I suggest you just wipe the drive.. or if not your hard disk is probably screwed up time for a new one ..

i feel you should get it serviced.
as you said, its approx 7 yr old, so its better to have an entire system service.
primary problem is with power supply
secondary problem is with hard disk