Summary: Let's begin from the start. Before you installed winxp on drive D, was there an installation of winxp on drive C? Is there a windows page file on driv...
Summary: OK...hold the phone. Are you trying to format your system drive while XP is fully up and running? That surely won't work. Get yourself a 98SE boot ...
Summary: Hi,i'm trying to format my computer to that i can install winxp again.The problem is i can't format c: because it says that it is the system drive. It...
Summary: My computer got virus and I am unable to format C. Everytime I try to format C I got the message, another process possess this volume. Any Help? Thank...
Summary: due to duel boot an the 3.5 floppy doesnt work it then goes to cdrom but doesnt boot from disk like it did with just win98,it auto boots into win, we ...
Summary: I upgraded a w2k machine by installing xp on top of it. I did not uninstall the Proxim wireless card that I used for the internet (which I later lear...
Summary: I'm trying to format my hard drive that has XP Pro currently installed but can't seem to do it from ms-dos. Any suggestions? This is what happens: for...
Summary: When i try and format my hard drive after using the Bootdisk, it will say Invalid drive specifcation when i type format C: or format C:/s I dont know ...
Summary: Hi, I am trying to format C drive. But an erro message comes up telling to close any utilities and programs that are using this drive. I have closed...
Summary: I was Trying to format my hard drive which I have done in The past with no problems but this time I received this message File Cmdide.Sys caused and...
Summary: This is kind of like a newbs question but i dont know how to format a system partition... I have only one hd and a bootable windows xp cd, i want to s...
Summary: I have been trying to format my hard drive using recovery console and format c: /fs:ntfs and just format c: ... both return the all files will be los...
Summary: If you are trying to format the system drive, usually drive C:, while Windows is running, you cannot. You would be asking Windows to commit suicide ...
Summary: My computer has a nasty virus that has infected some of the windows system files. im trying to format the hard drive with the xp boot disk but i keep...
Summary: Ok, I'm trying to format and it won't work. I have WinXP Pro and want to go back to 98. I've had enough of XP. The partition is ntfs. It's giving ...
Summary: I need to get to a drive prompt but cant as i need to format c: far too many viruses i cant kill in me comp at this time. How can i do this pleasehelp...
Summary: installed xp over 98se.Now want to clean install and when I go to format c: a sign pops up and says "windows cannot format the drive. Volume being use...
Summary: Hello to anyone rading this post, The problem that i am having is that when trying to format my computer by inserting the win xp disc it comes up with...
Summary: hi, i have a very big problem i want to format my hard drive. i dont know where to start. when i had win 98 u used ms dos but i dont know how to get t...
Summary: I'm trying to format C: and im running windows XP. I made a boot disk from A:>Format>Create MS-DOS Startup disk I want a totally clean format, and ins...
Summary: To format a secondary drive in Windows XP 1)Right click on "My Computer" 2)click on "manage" 3)click on "disk managment" 4)right click on the drive y...
Summary: I bought a new laptop today and I am at my wits end trying to format the hard drive. My story basically is that I purchased the laptop and it has XP h...
Summary: I am looking to format my hard drive and start fresh. I am currently running Windows XP. How do I get to DOS Prompt so I cant start the format. Also, ...
Summary: boot up using recovery console, preferably using the cd. use diskpart, there should be some option that allow you to format your hard drive. ...
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