The BIOS does not contain code to allow a drive to be formatted. To do that you must load an operating system over the BIOS.
c. jump drive
you can't format the drive that you're running windows from while in windows. use the setup disk to run a recovery console and you should be able to format it from there using format c:
We can't format bios.it is permanent program.we can flash the bios by upgrading bios update....By ---Rajesh Arthimalla.
If your Windows operating system is not installed on drive C, you can simply format using the inbuilt formatting tool. Otherwise, you need to boot your computer using an operating system on different drive to format C.
Run the Windows installation and format it from there.
Once the hard drive is installed in the computer, you must fdisk then format it the way you want. Next, you should set the bios to boot from the OS installation disk.
You will need to reflash the bios
format /s c: should do the job.
format /c followed by the name of the drive you want to format.
Boot from something OTHER than C: The OS will not allow you to format the disk from which the computer has currently loaded. Many OS disks will allow you to reformat the C: drive, and you can even create a bootable floppy that has format capability.
Format drive C
If you format a hard drive that contains Windows, it will be removed. Formatting a drive gets rid of all of the information on it. However, you can right-click your C:/ drive and click format, but it will not allow you if your current OS is running on that drive.