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kirau - Apr 20, 2010 at 09:10 PM
closeup22 Posts 8923 Registration date Friday May 15, 2009 Status Member Last seen October 7, 2010 - Jun 13, 2010 at 04:07 AM
i am using kingston pen drive. when i am formating that it is showing the messagethat"windows cannot format this drive.please ensure that no window is displaying content of this drive" what should i do

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sharpman Posts 1021 Registration date Saturday May 23, 2009 Status Contributor Last seen October 20, 2010 183
Apr 22, 2010 at 04:46 PM
have you rebooted your pc and tried before doing anything else?
this message usualy comes up when you've opened the device and still have a directory or file open that is connected to the device.

have you tried in safe mode.
tried on another computer?
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closeup22 Posts 8923 Registration date Friday May 15, 2009 Status Member Last seen October 7, 2010 2,099
Jun 13, 2010 at 04:07 AM
Hi there,

End all applications usung data from it before proceeding for formatting like mp3 file being played from drive location,pictures and so on,you can also make the use of hp disk format tool which you have freely download from link below:

https://ccm.net/downloads/tools/4639-hp-usb-disk-storage-format-tool/

Thanks
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