I can't format my sony vaio with win xp?

new hard drive needs to be formatted before software can be installed on the hard drive. you need to use advanced setting on the software installation, and then format hard drive.

It may caused by the curreption(deletion) of important system files,
You can format and reinstall xp,vista,win 7,linux,mac os .
Restart computer when booting goes on press F5 Or DEL key to goto bios setup menu change boot order to first cd drive then hdd
PressF10 and press Y and enter.
computer will restart
Insert xp,vista,win 7,linux,mac os cd.
Press enter to boot from cd
Follow the instructions
Then your problem will solve.

Boot from the "System Restore" CD-ROM.
One of the "setup" options for XP (or for Vista) is to "format" the entire disk-space, before continuing with the re-install.

do you have both original OS?
if your laptop had XP on factory defaults you migth whanna look for recovery disks. if a friend full formated your harddrive when installing vista, then get a copy of windows XP and put the key of your laptop.

hope it helps

Go to download the drivers that you require from the Sony WEB site, to their support/download page. Make sure you input your model laptop and select the Windows OS that matches your installed operating system.
Use this link :-
http://esupport.sony.com/perl/select-system.pl?DIRECTOR=DRIVER&SR=nav:service_support:electronics:drivers_software:esup&ref=http%3A//www.sony.com/index.php

you can,t b,coz the system is based on vista thats y u,ve to reboot with vista and can,t b installed xp pro ok-doky

have or can you get a win 95/98 disk...
these disks utilize the dos enviroment...
when you boot with them you can easily get in the dos platform (c://prompt)
once there type in fdisk and follow instructions.
you can also do this from usb ..you need to make usb bootable first.
you may be able to use xp disk and choose repair which will take you to the dos prompt.
you may be able to format hd with vista disk and before it start to install files interrupt it(remove disk)
not advisable though.
if you want program to create bootable usb let me know.
I'll need youre email address to send via attachment.

hiii,u can just format vista by vista cd.then install xp.

hi i have sony vaio VGN-NR-220E i want to know how i can format this system there vista operating i want Windows xp

if vista is ntfs thn you may be able to use paetition mgic to divide a chunk of drive to fat32 and install win2k i dont have dealings with vista yet.