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April 18, 2009 at 10:35 AM
bjhalter

Problem erasing files or formatting drive.

by bjhalter . Updated 17 years, 2 months ago

I have an old IBM Thinkpad that has a 5Gig hard disk (C:). I have been trying to get more free space by erasing files. When I remove an application, erase a file or a large set of files, (Lotus Notes, etc.) it does not free up any space, in fact it reduces free space. The disk now has 0% free space.

When I try to format the disk to re-image, I get a message that says the disk is locked by another process and will not let me format.

Has anyone seen this? Any quick solution?

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