The reason I need to know why you re-installed windows is because I wanted to find out what, if any, error messages you had. We'll try and format the disk using a different method. Do both the PC you are using now and the broken one have floppy drives?
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Do you know that we're all in line for succession to the throne? Really?
Well, if forty-eight million, two hundred thousand, seven hundred and one people died I'd be Queen.