This is a windows issue that people cant seem to help me with

I am a iMac owner but I have a Windows desktop I am trying to reformat for business use. When I go to reformat it after awhile I get 'serenum.sys is corrupted press any key to continue' then it all fails and I have to restart. can anyone help me out here?

Have you tried posting your question to a Windows forum?
http://www.windowsforum.org
http://forums.windowsitpro.com/
http://www.windowsbbs.com/

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