Can't format

[Doug]

i am trying to format my hard drive. I get to the dos
prompt and enter Format C: then it prompts me to put in
HP_PAVILION, then it tells me if i would like to force a
dismount on this volume, i type yes. Then tells me Cannot
lock the drive. The volume is still in use. What give and
what is the volume still in use. I just want to format my
drive and thro the CD back in and reload XP?? Any help
would be more than welcomed> Thanks. Can i load XP back
to hard drive from CD after format??

[rifleman]

"Doug" > wrote in message
...
> i am trying to format my hard drive. I get to the dos
> prompt and enter Format C: then it prompts me to put in
> HP_PAVILION, then it tells me if i would like to force a
> dismount on this volume, i type yes. Then tells me Cannot
> lock the drive. The volume is still in use. What give and
> what is the volume still in use. I just want to format my
> drive and thro the CD back in and reload XP?? Any help
> would be more than welcomed> Thanks. Can i load XP back
> to hard drive from CD after format??

Set your BIOS to boot from CD. Boot from the CD and follow the instructions
for a new installation. The option to Format will appear.

HTH

How do i set bios to boot from a cd???

>-----Original Message-----
>"Doug" > wrote in message
...
>> i am trying to format my hard drive. I get to the dos
>> prompt and enter Format C: then it prompts me to put in
>> HP_PAVILION, then it tells me if i would like to force
a
>> dismount on this volume, i type yes. Then tells me
Cannot
>> lock the drive. The volume is still in use. What give
and
>> what is the volume still in use. I just want to format
my
>> drive and thro the CD back in and reload XP?? Any help
>> would be more than welcomed> Thanks. Can i load XP back
>> to hard drive from CD after format??
>
>Set your BIOS to boot from CD. Boot from the CD and
follow the instructions
>for a new installation. The option to Format will appear.
>
>HTH
>
>
>.
>

[rifleman]

> wrote in message
...
> How do i set bios to boot from a cd???
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >"Doug" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> i am trying to format my hard drive. I get to the dos
> >> prompt and enter Format C: then it prompts me to put in
> >> HP_PAVILION, then it tells me if i would like to force
> a
> >> dismount on this volume, i type yes. Then tells me
> Cannot
> >> lock the drive. The volume is still in use. What give
> and
> >> what is the volume still in use. I just want to format
> my
> >> drive and thro the CD back in and reload XP?? Any help
> >> would be more than welcomed> Thanks. Can i load XP back
> >> to hard drive from CD after format??
> >
> >Set your BIOS to boot from CD. Boot from the CD and
> follow the instructions
> >for a new installation. The option to Format will appear.
> >
> >HTH
> >
> >
> >.
> >

Refer to your machine's manual as to how to access the BIOS settings.

[Papa]

You must do a format of your system disk from a boot floppy or a boot CD.
You cannot issue a format command for a system disk from the system disk,
for obvious reasons (you would be wiping out the brains that controls the
format).

"Doug" > wrote in message
...
> i am trying to format my hard drive. I get to the dos
> prompt and enter Format C: then it prompts me to put in
> HP_PAVILION, then it tells me if i would like to force a
> dismount on this volume, i type yes. Then tells me Cannot
> lock the drive. The volume is still in use. What give and
> what is the volume still in use. I just want to format my
> drive and thro the CD back in and reload XP?? Any help
> would be more than welcomed> Thanks. Can i load XP back
> to hard drive from CD after format??