Cfox4,

You cannot format the drive because your OS resides on it. If you really
want to format the drive you'll need to boot from your XP cd and follow
the prompts. Be aware that you'll loose ALL of yoor files if you choose to
procede.

JFD

"Cfox4" wrote:

> How can I format my drive that has XP on it? Whenever I try to from the
> command prompt, I get a message that says that the volume cannot be
> dismounted.