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How can i find out which process is using the volume?
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How can i find out which process is using the volume?

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I wanted to format my second hard drive. This is set to slave, and labelled as G. My other hard drive has partitions at 60GB and 20GB. I am running windows XP home.<br />
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I tried to format my G drive in windows and recieved an error that the drive is in use. So I opened command prompt and typed &quot;Format G:&quot;<br />
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I received the following message:<br />
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Format can not run because the volume is in use by another process. Fromat may run if volume is dismounted first. All open handles will then be invalid. Would you like to force a dismount on this volume? Y/N<br />
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I chose yes and the volume was formatted w/o any problems. <br />
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I am wondering if this was the correct method to use? Can I do the same with the second partition on the master drive? This needs to be done. Do i need to re-mount the handles?<br />
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Thanks!
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I wanted to format my second hard drive. This is set to slave, and labelled as G. My other hard drive has partitions at 60GB and 20GB. I am running windows XP home.

I tried to format my G drive in windows and recieved an error that the drive is in use. So I opened command prompt and typed "Format G:"

I received the following message:

Format can not run because the volume is in use by another process. Fromat may run if volume is dismounted first. All open handles will then be invalid. Would you like to force a dismount on this volume? Y/N

I chose yes and the volume was formatted w/o any problems. 

I am wondering if this was the correct method to use? Can I do the same with the second partition on the master drive? This needs to be done. Do i need to re-mount the handles?

Thanks!

Dismounting A Voluming

Microsoft Windows XP is the sixth release of the NT series of operating systems, and was the first to be marketed in a variety of editions: XP Home and XP Professional, designed for business and power users. The advanced features in XP Professional are generally disabled in Home Edition, but are there and can be activated. There were two 64-bit editions, an embedded edition and a tablet edition.