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  • ClevelandSlim
    Confirmed User
    • Sep 2002
    • 199
    #1

    anybody know how to format a laptop c drive when...

    i go into command prompt this is what i do and what i get...

    C:\Documents and Settings\KingHustler>FORMAT C:
    the type of the file system is NTFS.

    WARNING, ALL DATA ON NON-REMOVEABLE DISK DRIVE C: WILL BE LOST!
    Proceed with Format (Y/N) Y
    Verifying 38146M

    Format cannot run because the volume is in use by another process. Format may run if this volume is dismounted first.
    ALL OPENED HANDLES TO THIS VOLUME WOULD THEN BE INVALID.
    Would you like to force a dismount on this volume? (Y/N) Y
    Cannot lock the drive. The volume is still in use.

    C:\Documents and Settings\KingHustler>FORMAT C:

    how can i get around this and erase the whole c drive?

    please help
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    • Tala
      Fucked if I know
      • Dec 2002
      • 23368
      #2
      Sounds like something's corrupted. Run a scan disk and see what bad sectors it finds and let it fix them if possible.

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        • Lycanthrope
          Confirmed User
          • Jan 2004
          • 4517
          #3
          Try booting to the command prompt, or from floppy or cd before running format

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            • ClevelandSlim
              Confirmed User
              • Sep 2002
              • 199
              #4
              its a laptop and it doesn't have a floppy drive...
              If you have ANY custom content needs,
              hit me up on icq # 118463907 and
              we can take care of you.

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                • ssp
                  Confirmed User
                  • Jan 2005
                  • 7990
                  #5
                  Create a bootable CD-rom and put fdisk on it. Boot from your cd rom and run FDisk in dos.

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                    • Jay_StandAhead
                      Confirmed User
                      • Jul 2002
                      • 3103
                      #6
                      The windows XP cd is bootable, just boot on CD and format during installation ;)

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                        • Sosa
                          In Tushy Land
                          • Oct 2002
                          • 40149
                          #7
                          fdisk, then format

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                            • Sosa
                              In Tushy Land
                              • Oct 2002
                              • 40149
                              #8
                              ya that will work too just boot off your xp cd and before install it will format it out

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                                • tungsten
                                  Too lazy to set a custom title
                                  • Mar 2004
                                  • 10579
                                  #9
                                  looks like you are trying to format while running windows.. is this correct?

                                  if yes, you have to boot into dos and do it from there
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                                    • Jay_StandAhead
                                      Confirmed User
                                      • Jul 2002
                                      • 3103
                                      #10
                                      You can't format your C drive if you're running a command prompt from windows

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                                        • ClevelandSlim
                                          Confirmed User
                                          • Sep 2002
                                          • 199
                                          #11
                                          how can i boot into dos?
                                          If you have ANY custom content needs,
                                          hit me up on icq # 118463907 and
                                          we can take care of you.

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                                            • ssp
                                              Confirmed User
                                              • Jan 2005
                                              • 7990
                                              #12
                                              Originally posted by ClevelandSlim
                                              how can i boot into dos?
                                              I just told you how to; read.

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                                                • moltar
                                                  Confirmed User
                                                  • Feb 2005
                                                  • 116
                                                  #13
                                                  If it's winxp then there is no more DOS. those days are gone.

                                                  You gotta get winxp cd. Insert it into cd rom and restart. If it does not promt you to boot from cd, then you need to get into bios and make your cd rom a priority bootable device. then restart again, finally boot from cd. on the cd go to "command prompt" section. Now you can run format commands and such...

                                                  If you want to just have a clean reinstall of windows, then you can go into installation mode right away, and it will offer you to format your drive before installing windows.

                                                  Good luck.

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                                                    • toddler
                                                      Confirmed User
                                                      • Jun 2002
                                                      • 1911
                                                      #14
                                                      or.... google for aefdisk.exe, drop to floppy, boot from floppy, run aefdisk
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