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Subject:Re-formatting my Programs Drive Posted by: buckaroo Date:2/28/2003 10:45:38 AM Hi there I was wondering if anyone new how to Re-format my main Program Hard Drive? My PC seems a little screwed…so I just wanted to re-format and reinstall stuff to start again… Thing is I go to format the drive and it comes up with (something along the lines of) : “Cannot format this drive - close all applications that use this drive” Do I have to disable something to get “access” to this drive and format it? Maybe I don’t have access to this drive as the administrator or something>? Please help…!!!
Subject:RE: Re-formatting my Programs Drive Reply by: vanblah Date:2/28/2003 10:49:30 AM You will need to boot into DOS to re-format a system drive -or- If you are going to re-install everything, just boot to the CD and re-install.
Subject:RE: Re-formatting my Programs Drive Reply by: rraud Date:2/28/2003 5:54:58 PM I would try to reinstall Windows and see if that cures things before re-formating, which wipes EVERYTHING. (on that drive) If the problem is just with SF, run the repair function or uninstall then reinstall.
Subject:RE: Re-formatting my Programs Drive Reply by: Clark_Productions Date:2/28/2003 6:02:05 PM Usually if you are reformatiing a program drive, that will not fix the problem you desribed. You need to get rid of everything where Windows is installed, because usually there's a lot of crap in the registry slowing things up. Reformating the program drive will just delete the files that run the programs, but not clear anything up in the registry. Then when you reinstall all the programs, you're just adding more junk to the registry, and you might be doing yourself more harm than good.
Subject:RE: Re-formatting my Programs Drive Reply by: Chienworks Date:2/28/2003 8:43:17 PM Clark, most people use the C: (Windows boot) drive for all their software installation as well. If they reformat that drive then it does wipe clean all Windows information including the registry as well since the registry is a file stored on that drive.

Subject:Re-formatting my Programs Drive

Posted by: buckaroo

Date:2/28/2003 10:45:38 AM

Hi there

I was wondering if anyone new how to Re-format my main Program Hard Drive?

My PC seems a little screwed…so I just wanted to re-format and reinstall stuff to start again…

Thing is I go to format the drive and it comes up with (something along the lines of) :

“Cannot format this drive - close all applications that use this drive”

Do I have to disable something to get “access” to this drive and format it?

Maybe I don’t have access to this drive as the administrator or something>?

Please help…!!!

Subject:RE: Re-formatting my Programs Drive

Reply by: vanblah

Date:2/28/2003 10:49:30 AM

You will need to boot into DOS to re-format a system drive

-or-

If you are going to re-install everything, just boot to the CD and re-install.

Subject:RE: Re-formatting my Programs Drive

Reply by: rraud

Date:2/28/2003 5:54:58 PM

I would try to reinstall Windows and see if that cures things before re-formating, which wipes EVERYTHING. (on that drive)
If the problem is just with SF, run the repair function or uninstall then reinstall.

Subject:RE: Re-formatting my Programs Drive

Reply by: Clark_Productions

Date:2/28/2003 6:02:05 PM

Usually if you are reformatiing a program drive, that will not fix the problem you desribed. You need to get rid of everything where Windows is installed, because usually there's a lot of crap in the registry slowing things up. Reformating the program drive will just delete the files that run the programs, but not clear anything up in the registry. Then when you reinstall all the programs, you're just adding more junk to the registry, and you might be doing yourself more harm than good.

Subject:RE: Re-formatting my Programs Drive

Reply by: Chienworks

Date:2/28/2003 8:43:17 PM

Clark, most people use the C: (Windows boot) drive for all their software installation as well. If they reformat that drive then it does wipe clean all Windows information including the registry as well since the registry is a file stored on that drive.