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1374633 2014-05-10 07:28:00 Hey guys,

I was wondering, how do you format a disk that says it is running in another process when it is not the windows HDD!?!

Thanks!

Running windows 7
darkoverlord123 (16996)
1374634 2014-05-10 08:43:00 Something like your AntiVirus will have it open.

This should tell you, I've used it in the past a number of times: filehippo.com
Chilling_Silence (9)
1374635 2014-05-10 10:24:00 Or you could have a swap file on it. dugimodo (138)
1374636 2014-05-11 06:37:00 If in doubt, boot a partition utility from CD\USB etc and format it with that. GParted is a good, free one.

But if Windows is using it for the pagefile, you might make it angry.
Agent_24 (57)
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