Hi Ray

Just a quick guess if I read your message correctly...you need to be
at the a: prompt to format your c: drive. Can't format when you're
using the drive, which you are when you're accessing  the dos
commands from it.
Change to the a: drive and try it again. Bet that will work.

Sue Clark
Bristol, ME

On 28 Apr 2005 at 14:08, Ray Giordano wrote:

> i am trying to format the hard drive on a friends HP computer...not
> very new and only about 16 mb ram...
>
> when i press enter after typing format c: at the dos c: prompt... it
> warns me about erasing contents...etc...and when i press Y,
>
> i get a message that says   ....currently in use by another
> format...and then something about the program will abort...
>
> this is new to me...never had problem formatting any hard drive
> before...you have a clue???
>
> thanks
>
> ray giordano
>

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