I can't format my hard drive - it keep telling me "volume is in use by another process" -- why?

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leo,

I can't format my hard drive , gives me message format terminated, volume in use, do you want dismount y/n y volume still in use what can I do or do I replace my hard drive?
thanks
t

Is this your C: drive? If so, the article applies.

I can't format my hard drive - it keep telling me "volume is in use by another process" -- why?

it is win me

Sounds exactly like the scenario outlined in the article.

i'm trying to format my laptop.
i keep getting "cannot format a network drive". What do i do? Someone help me please

Are you specifying the correct drive? It thinks you're attempting to format a drive on another machine or across the network. If you really want to reformat your laptop, chances are you want to reformat "C:". Remember: all data will be lost.

I want to reformat my disk,but when I put therestore cd and restart the program nothing happens,I even order a new restore cd and still it wont work why?

I am trying to format two 200G hard drives that are shown as "F" drive ( one large drive 382 G). When i try formating with Microsoft I get a error message that says Windows can not format the drive.
What is the problem and how do I format drive F
Thanks
Bob

In a nutshell (and assuming Windows XP), you probably need to go into drive manager (right click on My Computer, Select Manage, Select disk management), and make sure that the drive is properly configured and active therein. You can also format from within that interface. I'd need to know more specifics if that's not the problem.

Hi,
I have just got windows xp pro for my computer , i got told to put the disk in and it will write over my ME edition , but every time you start your computer you have to pick if u want ME or XP is there a way I can delete the whole of the ME .
Thanks
RW

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