WinXPPro:
Wanted to reformat my drive so entered the command in "run" and proceeded ok till I got the message "Cannot proceed with format, volume in use by other process, force a dismount?"
"yes" I enter and push enter, but nothing happens, tried several times so presume whatever needs to be forced is resisting, how do I get around this problem ?
Don't know if this is helpful, but this is the boot.ini info

[bootloader]
timeout = 30
default= multi(0)disk(0)partion(1)\WINDOWS
[OPERATING SYSTEM]
MULTI(0)DISK(0)RDISK(0)PARTION(1)\WINDOWS= MICROSOFT WINDOWS XP PRFESSIONAL / FAST DETECT

If you reformat you'll loose all your data on the drive.

Have you the XP Pro CD?

http://www.resnet.uni.edu/docs/reformatxp.html

explains it

Yes I have the cd and have tried this as well, I get stymied at the part where you have to enter d for delete, same thing will not delete drive can not be unmounted

Just to verify: You are booting the XP CD?

Boot with the XP CD in the drive. When you see the message on the boot
screen to "Press any key in order to boot from the CD," do so.


After loading drivers and files, you should be taken to a screen with
the following:


To Setup Windows XP now, press ENTER.
To Repair a Windows XP Installation using Recovery Console press R.
To Quit setup without installing Windows XP, press F3.


In your case, press ENTER.


Agree to the License agreement by pressing F8.


You will then be taken to a screen with two options.


To repair the selected Windows XP installation press R.
To continue installing a fresh copy of Windows XP without repairing,
press ESC.


This will bring you to a partition map where you
can delete, create and format partitions.
Select the drive you wish to format, delete the partition, then create a new
partition, format as desired and continue with XP installation

Many thanks for the assistance, finally got it done.

Thanks for the update and the thanks!

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