i format my computer using command promt this is wat happnd " format cannot run beacause the volume is in use by another process format may run if this volume is dismounted first ALL OPENED HANDLES TO THIS VOLUME WOULD BE INVALID would you like to force a dismount on this volome (y/n) y cannot lock the drive the volume is still in use  can anyone help me?!?!?
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put in your operating system disc, reboot, boot from the disc, and format that way.
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Download daemon tools\nhttp://www.google.com/search?btnI=I%27m+Feeling+Lucky&q=download+daemon+tools\n\n\nIt's small and free. Install it. Open it. Right click it's icon on the taskbar. Mount image, select your drive, select the cue. Will work. Cheers.\n\ngo to my computer and open the program
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Run CHKDSK from the command prompt.\n\nSample output:\n\nC:&#92;>chkdsk\nThe type of the file system is NTFS.\n\nWARNING!  F parameter not specified.\nRunning CHKDSK in read-only mode.\n\nCHKDSK is verifying files (stage 1 of 3)...\nFile verification completed.\nCHKDSK is verifying indexes (stage 2 of 3)...\nIndex verification completed.\nCHKDSK is recovering lost files.\nCHKDSK is verifying security descriptors (stage 3 of 3)...\nSecurity descriptor verification completed.\nCHKDSK discovered free space marked as allocated in the\nmaster file table (MFT) bitmap.\nCorrecting errors in the Volume Bitmap.\nWindows found problems with the file system.\nRun CHKDSK with the /F (fix) option to correct these.\n\n  39062015 KB total disk space.\n   9185372 KB in 41099 files.\n     13492 KB in 2307 indexes.\n         0 KB in bad sectors.\n    116299 KB in use by the system.\n     65536 KB occupied by the log file.\n  29746852 KB available on disk.\n\n      4096 bytes in each allocation unit.\n   9765503 total allocation units on disk.\n   7436713 allocation units available on disk.
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Hi there:\n\nI answer this question all the time.\n\nHERE is a complete copy and paste of the last ANSWER I gave, which has all the information you need. As you state, you DO NOT WANT to format or scandisk or defrag, or anything that touches the tracks on your floppy !\n\nSEE below:\n\n@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@\n\nI lost my data I saved on floppy?\n\nI saved some email messages on a floppy disc and brought it home from work and went to look at them on my computer at home and when I tried to open the floppy it said disco not formatted would you like to format now yes no. Have I lost my data? What should I do?\nAdditional Details\n\nthey are no longer in my email. just on floppy. If i take it back to work will it work there it did the other day.\n\nBest Answer - Chosen by Asker\n\nHi there:\n\nYou have probably NOT lost any data.\nFloppy copy and read problems are VERY common, and people have forgotten how to use them and maintain them.\n\nI looked at the two other answers before mine. The first states that you lost everything. _ WRONG !!\nThe second states that you are using a different operating system ( WRONG -- a floppy is a floppy is floppy unless you are using a MAC vs PC, and even you would be smart enough to know that they are different !)\n[[ Another rare situation is where you are using an OLD, 3 1/4 inch floppy on one machine, and a "new" 3 1/4 inch floppy drive on another machine, since the DRIVES Themselves, are different FORMATS ( the operating systems ( DOS, WIndows would be the same, and understand both formatting systems, but the mechanical heads and tracks are different ! ) There a dozens of different Floppy read/writers, and different FORMATs and sizes. The first IBM PC shipped with no harddrive, no floppy, and 16K of ram. There was a big DIN plug identical to the old keyboard plug, that you plugged in a cable that went to your Audio Cassette player, to load programs.. Then came the full height, single sided, low density, 5 1/2 inch floppy, then the high density, then the low density, two sided floppy, then the two sided High density floppy. Then all of these were replaced with the LOW density 3 1/4 inch floppy, and later the High Density 3 1/4 inch.\nIFF you have a normal, modern 3 1/4 inch HIGH density disk writer at the office, and try to use it in the ancient 3 1/4 LOW density disk unit at home, the older low density machine will not know what the tracks on the floppy are - it will be reading two tinier high density tracks at the same time and get garbage data.\nThe odds of you having a 720 K floppy Machine at home, and a 1.44 Meg floppy Unit at work, are almost zero, but I thought I would mention it ! ) ]]\nThe second answer states to but the floppy BACK in the originating computer, and this actually WOULD have a high success rate.\n\nTHE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS TO " NOT " scandisk, or defrag or touch the floppy in ANY WAY.\nMake your disk ' holy " at once, and prevent any writing of any kind, by flipping the little tab down so that BOTH HOLES on the corners are open ( holy disk ), so that your disk is protected from evil ( programs that WRITE or try to repair it- which would destroy YOUR data in the process of " repairing " the tracks -- they do not give a hoot about YOUR data, only in re-viving the useability of the disk -- BEWARE ! ! )\n\nThere are many precautions in using floppies. The first, is to ALWAYS FULL FORMAT ( not the silly "quick format" ) the disk before writing to it, even if it is NEW and out of the package...\n\nThe other problem is the LACK of use of ordinary floppy drive machines. They continually build up layers of dust, and when people DO go to use them, they gum up the heads with dirt. There are floppy cleaner disks available at most computer stores and dollar stores, and you SHOULD clean them if they have not been in use very much...\n\nAnother problem is the slight variation in the HEAD size, and the HEAD alignment, of different fl
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Run a destructive read-write hard drive test about ten times...works!\n\nThere are also a number of programs out there, some even approved of for use in the department of defense.\n\nParagon Disk Wiper, R-Wipe & Clean, AEVITA Erase Hard Drive,  SecureClean, WipeDrive or Stellar Wipe.\n\nDo not do a format C command, that is usually where your operating system is, besides ist is still recoverable unless it is written over a number of times.
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What says disk mode? When are you doing when you get this message? What is not working? If you get a message asking if its ok to disconnect, say ok.\n\nYour question is too vague. Please be more specific.
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there is no way to do it if format hard drive doesn't work
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I am assuming you mean a floppy disc?  insert it into your A drive, right click "my computer" and open it, go to the A drive, right click and choose "format"
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do a complete format,    I have never had success with the fix it,, but also it wont clean up your disk, do the complete format,
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CON in the windows command shell is the device handle for the console.  For instance, you can't create a folder or file named LPT1 or COM1 either since those are the device handles for the first parallel and serial ports.
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Use a disk wiping software such as wipedrive.  It puts data on every single space on a hard drive over several times to ensure private data is overwritten.  Formatting does not do much except for giving you a false sense of security.  Your data can still be read.
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You can connect it on a working computer, then go to My Computer -> right click on the external drive -> then click format.\n\nhope this helps...
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I tried in Command -Prompt in Windows XP, hope it is the same.\nI typed in [exit] (without the brackets).
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You didnt say whether it was a new of just reformatted HDD, sometimes you have to bite the bullet and start from scratch in the long run it takes less time doing it the right way. FIRST partition the HDD THEN format the HDD go to run type cmd that brings you to the command line then type format space drive letter colon (format c:) that is from the old days now if you need to format a floppy substitute a  for c Once the HDD is formatted correctly, e is usually a CD or DVD drive unless you have multiple HDDs the easiest way is to go to "my computer" and see what is there. if something is missing many times a cable has been disconnected so open the case and check to see all the connections are in place and tight
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I could be wrong, but is the hard drive formatted for the Mac?  You may need to format it so it can ready/write on it.\n\nI dont know Mac's too well.  Has the device ever been connected to a PC?  If so, it may have a different file format.  That is why you cant do anything.  If there is anything on the drive, formatting it would remove that just to warn you.  I dont know how to change formats in a Mac.  Hopefully someone can chime in on that.
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Don't listen to the answers below mine.\n\nFormat your hard drive.
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Well the actual syntax is:\nmount [deviceName] [mountPoint]\nmount command is used to mount a device to operating system for use:\n\nIn the following command\nmount /dev/floppy /mnt/floppy\nwe are actually mounting a floppy to a folder, the original device is configured in /dev/floppy and we will access it using logical path /mnt/floppy.