Re: Formatting Hard Drive

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"Tad the Bass" <Tad the Bass@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"rogeepete" wrote:

Maybe I should not be here because I'm trying to format a neighbor's hard
drive running Win 98. I get to command prompt but am told the formatting
cannot start because the drive is in use. Can you direct me to help?
Thanks
--
Roger

Which drive are you trying to format? If you try to do the C: drive from
within Windows, I don't think Windows will let you.

You might be better off creating a bootable floppy with format on it and
doing it from DOS.

I'm sure if you search the internet there will be plenty of guides on this.

My memory is a bit rusty on this.



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