Need some help formatting please.

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sledneck800

ok, I've formatted a million times, but I'm using some one else
computer and when I enter command "format c:" It says that "cannot
because volume is in use by another process" then when I say yes t
"force dismount to the volume" is cannot because "volume is still i
use"

Any ideas as to what to do, as I don't delve much deeper than this wit
dos prompt?



Thank
 
Is this reply considered an acceptable response for an MVP? Perhaps the
poster's comment of "formatting a million times" times was simply a figure
of speech. Whatever, he/she deserves a proper response. The poster was
polite and clearly stated the problem.
Regards, MH
 
M Higdon said:
Is this reply considered an acceptable response for an MVP? Perhaps the
poster's comment of "formatting a million times" times was simply a figure
of speech. Whatever, he/she deserves a proper response. The poster was
polite and clearly stated the problem.
Regards, MH
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Which is (as I understand his post) that he is expecting XP to format the C
drive (which contains the operating system). XP will not commit suicide
regardless of how many times you try.
Jim
 
sledneck800 said:
ok, I've formatted a million times, but I'm using some one elses
computer and when I enter command "format c:" It says that "cannot,
because volume is in use by another process" then when I say yes to
"force dismount to the volume" is cannot because "volume is still in
use"

Any ideas as to what to do, as I don't delve much deeper than this with
dos prompt?
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It sounds like you're trying to format the drive containing the
system volume from within WinXP. You can't. This would be the computer
equivalent of sawing off the tree limb you're sitting on, and WinXP is
"too smart" to allow this.

Simply boot from the WinXP installation CD. You'll be offered the
opportunity to delete, create, and format partitions as part of the
installation process. (You may need to re-arrange the order of boot
devices in the PC's BIOS to boot from the CD.)


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M said:
Is this reply considered an acceptable response for an MVP?
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Why not? Are not MVPs allowed to raise the "BS flag" when a post
warrants doing so? Where is it written that MVPs must be universally
and unfailingly tactful?

Perhaps the
poster's comment of "formatting a million times" times was simply a figure
of speech.
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Well, yes, it was obviously a figure of speech, one clearly intended to
convey the message: "I'm very experienced and highly knowledgeable about
this process, so the OS must be broken." A claim that was clearly
disproved by the very nature of the question.

Whatever, he/she deserves a proper response.
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And, form a certain point of few, he got it. Given the deliberate
falsehood of the OP's opening statement, I was tempted to provide the
same sort of response, myself.

The poster was
polite ....
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If one accepts an opening "misstatement" as the polite thing to do...

and clearly stated the problem.
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No, not really. Were the OP to have stated the problem clearly, he
would have said something to the affect of "I'm over my head,
technically. How does one format a hard drive with WinXP installed?"


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Bruce Chambers

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They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
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