Cannot reformat E drive

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I need to reformat my E drive but Windows 2000 is giving me an error
"Windows cannot format this drive: quit any disc activities..."

I have nothing else open. I thought perhaps it was Undelete (from
Executive Software) preventing the reformat so I have removed it. Still
the same problem. There is nothing in the recycle bin.

I have reformatted this drive before (NTFS @ 512bytes) and have been
tesitng it for video files but I want to increase the allocation size.

Any suggestions will be grealy appreciated.

Thanks,
George

 

[Guest]

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Also check any anti-virus or boot the Windows 2000 install CD-Rom or setup
disks and format here. The set of four install disks can be created from
your Windows 2000 CD-Rom; change to the \bootdisk directory on the CD-Rom
and execute makeboot.exe (from dos) or makebt32.exe (from 32 bit) and follow
the prompts.

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
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"G.I.O." wrote:
|I need to reformat my E drive but Windows 2000 is giving me an error
| "Windows cannot format this drive: quit any disc activities..."
|
| I have nothing else open. I thought perhaps it was Undelete (from
| Executive Software) preventing the reformat so I have removed it. Still
| the same problem. There is nothing in the recycle bin.
|
| I have reformatted this drive before (NTFS @ 512bytes) and have been
| tesitng it for video files but I want to increase the allocation size.
|
| Any suggestions will be grealy appreciated.
|
| Thanks,
| George
|

 

[Guest]

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Hey Dave:

No anti-virus is running. I have Norton Systems works installed but I did not
take
theanti-virus. Just the Speed Disc, System Doc, Disc Doc and Win Doc. Could that
be it?

Are you saying I can reformat the E drive from the install CD WITHOUT
reinstalling 2000? Just checking before I try this.

Thanks,
George

 

[Guest]

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Assuming you're not talking about the system or boot partition, yes you can.
Just be careful in choosing which partition to format.

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
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"G.I.O." wrote:
| Hey Dave:
<snip>
| Are you saying I can reformat the E drive from the install CD WITHOUT
| reinstalling 2000? Just checking before I try this.
<snip>
| Thanks,
| George
|

 

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George

One option, that usually works, is to first remove the drive letter in Disk
Management and then re-format.

Best regards

Bjorn
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Bjorn Landemoo - mvp2@landemoo.com - http://landemoo.com/
Microsoft MVP (Windows Server - File System)

"G.I.O." <tfg1@mindspring.com> wrote:

>Hey Dave:
>
>No anti-virus is running. I have Norton Systems works installed but I did not
>take
>theanti-virus. Just the Speed Disc, System Doc, Disc Doc and Win Doc. Could that
>be it?
>
>Are you saying I can reformat the E drive from the install CD WITHOUT
>reinstalling 2000? Just checking before I try this.
>
>Thanks,
>George

 

[Guest]

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Bjorn:

Can you be more specific. Where do I locate Disk Management to try this?

George

Bjorn Landemoo wrote:

> George
>
> One option, that usually works, is to first remove the drive letter in Disk
> Management and then re-format.
>
> Best regards
>
> Bjorn
> --
> Bjorn Landemoo - mvp2@landemoo.com - http://landemoo.com/
> Microsoft MVP (Windows Server - File System)
>
> "G.I.O." <tfg1@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
> >Hey Dave:
> >
> >No anti-virus is running. I have Norton Systems works installed but I did not
> >take
> >theanti-virus. Just the Speed Disc, System Doc, Disc Doc and Win Doc. Could that
> >be it?
> >
> >Are you saying I can reformat the E drive from the install CD WITHOUT
> >reinstalling 2000? Just checking before I try this.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >George

 

[Guest]

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I found it. It is formatting now under this dialog without my having to alter
anything. This should do it.

Thanks to both of you for your help. Appreicate it!!

George

 

[Guest]

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I assumed that where you were trying to format from.

Start|Run|diskmgmt.msc

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
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Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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"G.I.O." wrote:
| Bjorn:
|
| Can you be more specific. Where do I locate Disk Management to try this?
|
| George

 

[Guest]

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Dave:

I wish I was that smart.

Nope, I was under Control Panel on the E drive icon. Learned something new.

George

Dave Patrick wrote:

> I assumed that where you were trying to format from.
>
> Start|Run|diskmgmt.msc

 

[Guest]

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Glad to hear it's sorted.

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

"G.I.O." wrote:
| Dave:
|
| I wish I was that smart.
|
| Nope, I was under Control Panel on the E drive icon. Learned something
new.
|
| George