>is there any s/w that can use to recover the hdd that i had format???i mean recover the info in the hdd..

You could try www.sysinternals.com and www.winternals.com for programs that might do this. Or google for HDD recovery and related words.


>does anyone know how to use vmware.have to install vmware first before install the os??

No. Install your OS first. Then run the VMWare setup program. It will create a single file on your hdd which is the virtual machine that it will load and store all guest OS files in. VMWare can then load that virtual machine and run your setup cd for the guest OS.