Formating

[Chris]

I would like to start fresh and uninstall my windows XP
and re-install. I try to format C drive from DOS but get
a message "Volume is being used by another process" How
can I fix or get around this
Thanks

[Norm]

Go into your motherboards bios and change it to boot from CD. The XP cd is
bootable and you can format and then install from there.

"Chris" > wrote in message
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> I would like to start fresh and uninstall my windows XP
> and re-install. I try to format C drive from DOS but get
> a message "Volume is being used by another process" How
> can I fix or get around this
> Thanks
>

[Ken Blake]

In ,
Chris > typed:

> I would like to start fresh and uninstall my windows XP
> and re-install. I try to format C drive from DOS but get
> a message "Volume is being used by another process" How
> can I fix or get around this


Just boot from the Windows XP CD and follow the prompts for a
clean installation. It will do the reformat for you.

You can find detailed instructions here:
http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html

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Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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[NobodyMan]

On Sat, 3 Jan 2004 10:35:16 -0800, "Chris"
> wrote:

>I would like to start fresh and uninstall my windows XP
>and re-install. I try to format C drive from DOS but get
>a message "Volume is being used by another process" How
>can I fix or get around this
>Thanks

Would you attempt to replace your car's engine while it was still
running? You can't wipe out the drive that the Format program is on
while Format is running either!

Boot from you XP CD. It contains all the tools you need to do what
you desire.