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paul9 · February 29th, 2004, 06:32 AM

try a winme or win98 emergergency boot disk. if it can't delete the file, then fdisk /mbr the drive. restart, run fdisk again to check the partition, you may have to delete it and make a new primary dos partition. restart again and format.

edit: didn't realise you were trying to format from inside windows. in that case, boot from your xp cd to the recovery console and you should be able to delete the file.

February 29th, 2004, 06:32 AM	#3 (permalink)
paul9 It's the cheese guy! ¬_¬; Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Gateshead U.K. Posts: 9,167	try a winme or win98 emergergency boot disk. if it can't delete the file, then fdisk /mbr the drive. restart, run fdisk again to check the partition, you may have to delete it and make a new primary dos partition. restart again and format. edit: didn't realise you were trying to format from inside windows. in that case, boot from your xp cd to the recovery console and you should be able to delete the file. __________________ No man's life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in session. --Mark Twain (1866) Last edited by paul9 : February 29th, 2004 at 06:35 AM.