format c: windows\ system32

A very nasty worm entered my c drive. The only recourse I have left is to format my disk c completely and reinstall everything. Windows Vista prevents me from doing this. How can I format my c drive and completely erase all existing information?

Currently this worm has blocked internet access, blocked by Norton Internet Security detection and will not allow updates that have been downloaded to be installed. I tried "WipoeDrive" and Vista blocks during startup. I tried "Active Clean" and Vista will not allow the program to load. This is a new 1.5 TB Seagate Barracuda I bought for my wife's birthday... not good!

It's my wife's machine, and Yes, my butt is on the line! Thank you.

A very nasty worm entered my c drive. The only recourse I have left is to format my disk c completely and reinstall everything. Windows Vista prevents me from doing this. How can I format my c drive and completely erase all existing information?

Currently this worm has blocked internet access, blocked by Norton Internet Security detection and will not allow updates that have been downloaded to be installed. I tried "WipoeDrive" and Vista blocks during startup. I tried "Active Clean" and Vista will not allow the program to load. This is a new 1.5 TB Seagate Barracuda I bought for my wife's birthday... not good!

It's my wife's machine, and Yes, my butt is on the line! Thank you.

You start with a disk of Vista installation media and do not try to format the drive as Vista, anyway.  You would be cutting the branch you're sitting on and Vista does not allow that.
 
As this is a new drive hard you had to have a way to install Vista on it originally, and it is the only way to reformat the hard drive and reinstall Vista.

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