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03-28-2006, 03:19 PM
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formate cannot run because the volume is used by another process?
formate cannot run because the volume is used by another process. formate may be used if this volume is dismounted first. ALL OPENED HANDLES TO THIS VOLUME WOULD THEN BE INVALID. Would you like to force adismount on this volume? (y/n) I pressed y and it came back and said
Cannot lock drive. The volume is still in use. Idont know what to do cause i could not find anything on it on the net |
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03-28-2006, 03:20 PM
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What drive are you trying to format? You can't format the system (C:\) drive from within Windows for obvious reasons.
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03-28-2006, 03:25 PM
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ok here iam a idoit then iam tryin to formate c than how do i start it in dos or however
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03-28-2006, 03:27 PM
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You'll need a boot disk to do this. You can download one from www.bootdisk.com.
Why do you want to format your C: drive? |
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03-28-2006, 03:30 PM
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well it is my old cpu and iam given it away and cant even go to run- msconfig
that cpu is not connected to the net at the momment caan i dload it to my cpu and burn it to a disk |
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03-28-2006, 03:33 PM
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If you want to erase all the data on the drive because you are giving it away, formatting it isn't good enough, because it doesn't erase the data. You need to wipe the hard drive by overwriting it with random data. DBAN will do that for you.
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03-28-2006, 03:37 PM
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just to make sure i can download it on to my labtop and burn it to a disk right
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03-28-2006, 03:39 PM
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It runs off of a floppy; for a CD, you may want to try the Ultimate Boot CD, which includes DBAN: http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/
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03-28-2006, 05:53 PM
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ok i made my ms dos dis k and iam in dos but iam havin problems changing a: to c:
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03-28-2006, 05:57 PM
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What error message are you getting? What disk are you using? If drive C: is NTFS, you aren't going to be able to change to it from DOS.
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03-28-2006, 05:57 PM
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it says invalid drive specifcation when i put in c:
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03-28-2006, 06:07 PM
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Right, because your C: drive is probably NTFS. Are you using the DBAN floppy disk or the Ultimate Boot CD? If you want to completely get rid of all of your data, you want to use one of those.
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03-28-2006, 06:12 PM
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so what do i have to i have a boot ms dos flopy and am sitting at the screen that says A:\ what should i do to get it to c:\ my friend told me theres a code to put in
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03-28-2006, 06:14 PM
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There's no code to put in. If your computer has Windows XP, then the C: drive is probably NTFS. You can't access an NTFS drive from within DOS. You can try FDISK to delete the partition, which will delete the C: drive, but that won't delete the data. Neither will formatting.
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03-28-2006, 06:22 PM
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ok well then i gota run the boot and nuke now
i just wana reformat it god thi s is so hard |
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03-28-2006, 06:35 PM
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well than do you know of any good tutorials cause i need a good walk through
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03-28-2006, 06:39 PM
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Once you get the DBAN floppy disk or the Ultimate Boot CD, then just run DBAN. It should be fairly intuitive.
It's only hard the first time! |
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03-28-2006, 06:47 PM
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thanks for "holding my hand through this" but here is my story so far i took boot n nuke and dled it to my lap top cause thats all i got the net on at the time so i burnt it to a dvd and put it on desktop but i cant figure it out so i also dloaded active @ kill disk tryed that but i cant figure em out
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03-28-2006, 06:55 PM
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ok i got it on the desk top but i think i have to put it in floppy disk and run in command pprompt then hit autonuke some how righ
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03-28-2006, 06:58 PM
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Yes, you need to put DBAN on a floppy, or burn the ISO image of the Ultimate Boot CD (you can't just put the ISO file on the disk, you have to burn it as an image). The DBAN floppy should automatically launch DBAN, otherwise if you use the boot CD you will have to go through a few menus.
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03-28-2006, 07:11 PM
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ok so i think iscrewed up before right know iam dling the actual ultimite bootable cd so thats gona take like 40 mins
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03-29-2006, 06:32 PM
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so iam runin dareks boot and nuke and iam stoped at the
kernal panic: Attemped to kill init! its just siting there so what do i do nows |
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03-29-2006, 08:16 PM
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What brand is the hard drive?
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03-31-2006, 02:09 PM
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iam not sure what does this mean
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03-31-2006, 02:10 PM
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Look on the hard drive for the sticker that tells who made it and what the model is. Maxtor, Seagate, Western Digital, etc.
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03-31-2006, 02:15 PM
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i am preaty sure its western digetal but how can i cheack when iam at this stage
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03-31-2006, 02:23 PM
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Just open up the computer case and take a look, after shutting everything down and unplugging it of course.
If it is a WD, you can go here to download the Data Lifeguard diagnostics to test the drive and zero-fill it. |
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03-31-2006, 02:29 PM
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i was wrong its maxtor
if i downloadthis thing do i start it with the boot disk then put this disk in or what |
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03-31-2006, 02:32 PM
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If it is Maxtor you need this. Download it and run it, it will create a boot floppy that has the necessary software. You will want to test the drive, then run a full low-level format to zero-fill the drive.
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03-31-2006, 03:50 PM
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man that takes a long time
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