Format Hard Drive

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Trying to format Win XPSP2 Home Edition hard drive. Only hard drive
installed. Get an error that says: "Format can't run because the volume is
in use by another process. Format may run if this volume is dismounted
first. All open handles to this volume would then be invalid. Would you
like to force a dismount on this volume?" Y or N. Any help w/b appreciated.

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