harddrive can't format

[eclipse]

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i got a harddrive from a friend of mine..
its kind of old but its still in good condition but i
can't format it..
it won't allow me.. it says some contents are being used
by other programs...

any way of formatting it??
its just an additional harddrive...
so i tried to format it from "My Computer"...

help needed.. please

 

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You can also format it by booting with a boot disk, I think.

"eclipse" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1f09101c4574f$af8c0ac0$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> i got a harddrive from a friend of mine..
> its kind of old but its still in good condition but i
> can't format it..
> it won't allow me.. it says some contents are being used
> by other programs...
>
> any way of formatting it??
> its just an additional harddrive...
> so i tried to format it from "My Computer"...
>
> help needed.. please

 

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"eclipse" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1f09101c4574f$af8c0ac0$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> i got a harddrive from a friend of mine..
> its kind of old but its still in good condition but i
> can't format it..
> it won't allow me.. it says some contents are being used
> by other programs...
>
> any way of formatting it??
> its just an additional harddrive...
> so i tried to format it from "My Computer"...
>
> help needed.. please

Reboot in Safe Mode (press F8 during the early boot phase),
then try again.

 

[Guest]

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The OP would need a Win98 boot disk from www.bootdisk.com.
It is likely that he would need to repartition the disk
first, and there is some danger of partitioning the
wrong disk . . .


"- Eli -" <none@available.com> wrote in message
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> You can also format it by booting with a boot disk, I think.
>
> "eclipse" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:1f09101c4574f$af8c0ac0$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> > i got a harddrive from a friend of mine..
> > its kind of old but its still in good condition but i
> > can't format it..
> > it won't allow me.. it says some contents are being used
> > by other programs...
> >
> > any way of formatting it??
> > its just an additional harddrive...
> > so i tried to format it from "My Computer"...
> >
> > help needed.. please
>
>