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Title: formating problem
Post by: MPTheory on November 04, 2002, 07:34:11 PM

hey everyone.  Im having a problem trying to reformat my hard drive.  It seems that i have a virus that is really screwing with my computer.  I cant even do a full scan without it doing a physical memory dump.  Anyway, everytime that I try to format c:, I get this message: cannot run format because the volume is in use by another process.  It then asks me if I want to force a dismount of that volume, but when I say yes it tells me that it cannot force the lock and the volume is still in use.  What do I do??!?!? anyone know?

Title: formating problem
Post by: mm on November 04, 2002, 08:36:43 PM

u cant format from inside windows

boot off the CD and delete the partition from setup program

or get a win98 floppy bootdisk from http://www.bootdisk.com
fdisk the drive
then format

Title: formating problem
Post by: EmperorRob on November 04, 2002, 08:43:26 PM

[SIZE=16]FDISK[/size]

or pt magic

Title: formating problem
Post by: §ôµÏG®ïñD on November 04, 2002, 08:58:20 PM

if u have winxp and your comp can boot from cd.. Boot from the rom and do a clean install.. As mm said, u can\'t format c: from inside windows, when it\'s windows i take it, that would be on your c:     Think about it for 1 second. :)

Title: formating problem
Post by: Kurt Angle on November 05, 2002, 12:34:49 PM

FDISK usually does the trick.

Title: formating problem
Post by: EmperorRob on November 05, 2002, 01:02:04 PM

Disconnect your HD and rub it against a magnet or throw it in the bathtub.

Title: formating problem
Post by: Kurt Angle on November 05, 2002, 02:08:40 PM

Quote

Originally posted by EmperorRob
Disconnect your HD and rub it against a magnet or throw it in the bathtub.

Well that certainly would do the trick!;)

Title: formating problem
Post by: MPTheory on November 05, 2002, 08:19:03 PM

heh, thanks guys