UGH...This Formatting thing, again!!!

[Michael P Gabriel]

Hi, I just want to format partition "E"!!! Why can't I???

I've read a million posts on formatting, but none of them addressed my
issue:

I have an "E" drive that shows 32G total, with 28G Free! Yet I do not
have anything loaded on the "E" drive. I formatted it using Patition
Magic 8.0, and it finally showed total free at 32G. YIPPEEEEE!

But, when I clicked APPLY, it rebooted and began the process of
ACTUALLY formatting "E", UNTIL...that dreaded error message which I
do not understand. Paraphrasing....Partition could not be formatted
because of Boot Sector Virus Protection, or anti virus running on your
system,

A: My Dell 2400 Dimension does not have a Boot Sector Virus Protection
in its BIOS, and

B: I do not run any anti-virus programs!!! I use a dial-up modem, and
my ISP takes care of incoming and outgoing Email protection; also, I
watch where I go on the internet, very carefully. I have not had a
virus in years!

OOOOPS! Ya think I have a virus now that's causing this problem??

Mike
Picture Rocks, AZ

 

[Harry Ohrn]

Have you tried formatting from outside of Windows using either the Recovery
Console or using the PM8 bootdisk set?

 

[PA Bear]

Hi, I just want to format partition "E"!!! Why can't I???

I've read a million posts on formatting, but none of them addressed my
issue:

I have an "E" drive that shows 32G total, with 28G Free! Yet I do not
have anything loaded on the "E" drive. I formatted it using Patition
Magic 8.0, and it finally showed total free at 32G. YIPPEEEEE!

But, when I clicked APPLY, it rebooted and began the process of
ACTUALLY formatting "E", UNTIL...that dreaded error message which I
do not understand. Paraphrasing....Partition could not be formatted
because of Boot Sector Virus Protection, or anti virus running on your
system,

A: My Dell 2400 Dimension does not have a Boot Sector Virus Protection
in its BIOS, and

B: I do not run any anti-virus programs!!! I use a dial-up modem, and
my ISP takes care of incoming and outgoing Email protection; also, I
watch where I go on the internet, very carefully. I have not had a
virus in years!

OOOOPS! Ya think I have a virus now that's causing this problem??

Ya think? Scan the entire system using at least two (2) of the free online
scans which follow; each will require ActiveX to be enabled:

Kaspersky
http://www.kaspersky.com/remoteviruschk.html

TrendMicro
http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

Symantec
http://snurl.com/g14
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE), AH-VSOP

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[purplehaz]

ALWAYS run a anti-virus program. You can get a virus now-a-days by just
connecting to the internet. Your isp scanning email is about 5% protection.
ALWAYS run a firewall. Firewalls can stop viruses and trojans like the MS
Blaster virus.

IMO, a win9x floppy boot disk is still the best and easiest way to manage
partions / drives.
Boot to a win9x floppy boot disk, run Fdisk, delete E: partition, create new
partition, reboot to boot disk again, run format e:\

Get boot disk here: www.bootdisk.com



If this does not work, then the drive is either dead not functioning
correctly. Fdisk will remove any virus, if you have one.

 

[Plato]

But, when I clicked APPLY, it rebooted and began the process of
ACTUALLY formatting "E", UNTIL...that dreaded error message which I
do not understand. Paraphrasing....Partition could not be formatted
because of Boot Sector Virus Protection, or anti virus running on your
system,

Did you try disabling "anti-virus" in the bios? This could be the "odd"
occasion when a windows error message actually helps