formatting

[person]

i want to format my C: drive but when i type it in cmd prompt, it tells me that i cant lock onto it since im using it
i cant switch to another drive since i have only one partition

so how do i format it?

[Andy]

pop in ur windows xp disk and format using that

[rdrake]

Or insert a blank diskette. Go to My Computer, click right click on the A drive, and select format. Check the box that says something about creating a DOS boot disk, then OK. Once it's finished, reboot the computer with the disk inside. Type in "format c:" and it should reformat.

[codemage]

You can't format over your drive while you have Windows running.

[Neo]

codemage wrote:

You can't format over your drive while you have Windows running.

Sure you can. Open up your pc and put a magnet to the harddrive.

[rizzix]

eh.. but that's not the same as formatting..

[codemage]

That's how to corrupt your hard drive.

That's something you can do within the windows environment without a magnet.