yeah my brother used it on his computer and it worked just fine.. i reformatted this pc before with no problems maybe im doing something diferent.. i had a virus on my computer not to long ago that was messing with my computer maybe that has something to do with it.. i really need to reformat my computer haha
another point - for the purposes of reinstalling your OS, make sure that at this stage you only have the target hard drive and the install CD/DVD drive connected. You can reconnect any other drives later once the install is complete.