Re: drive won't reformat
From: Steve Hebert (smahunderscoresteve_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 04/29/04
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Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 20:34:56 -0400
Boot with a boot disk (floppy or cd). You can't format the drive while
you're using it to run your computer.
Steve
"Shawn" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hello,
> I am currently trying to reformat my C: drive and
> start over due to issues with my computer at the moment.
> However, when I access the command prompt and try to
> input the command format c:, it says "cannot run because
> volume is in use by another process". It then asks if I
> want to force a dismount of the volume using it. At this
> point I type yes, and it still rejects me saying that it
> couldn't do it. Can anyone help me? I made sure that no
> programs were running, etc. Thanks
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