You CAN'T do that!

[Guest]

I am at my wits end. I am trying to fdisk and reformat so I can reinstall Windows ME but when I get to deleting the primary partition it says it can't do that because the disk is unable to be locked.

What on Earth does that mean and how can I get around it?!
Help please!

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

HOW TO Manually Remove Win2K and Restore Win9x
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];Q250456

Bruce Chambers

--
Help us help you:



You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
having both at once. -- RAH

I am at my wits end. I am trying to fdisk and reformat so I can

reinstall Windows ME but when I get to deleting the primary partition
it says it can't do that because the disk is unable to be locked.

 

[Dave Patrick]

To wipe the drive, some ways include; boot a win98/ME startup disk, run
fdisk and delete all partition information found (as long as NTFS is
primary). Or boot the Windows 2000 CD-Rom or setup disks and when you get to
the point, delete the existing NTFS and or other partitions found, then
abort the install. Or use a utility named delpart. Once removed you can boot
the WinME CD-Rom or restore CD-Rom to start your install.

ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/reskit/nt31/i386/reskit.exe

--
Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]
Microsoft Certified Professional [Windows 2000]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect.


:
| I am at my wits end. I am trying to fdisk and reformat so I can reinstall
Windows ME but when I get to deleting the primary partition it says it can't
do that because the disk is unable to be locked.
|
| What on Earth does that mean and how can I get around it?!
| Help please!