Cant go to restart in MS-DOS mode

Hi All,
1. I cannot go to restart in MS-DOS mode to do FDisk. But I can only go to
MS-DOS prompt.
2. When doing FDisk in MS-DOS prompt, I can only delete logical drives &
Extended DOS Partition.
I cannot delete Primary DOS partition error message " ..... cannot lock the
drive"
3. I have done FDisk many times. This is the first time I encounter the
problem.

Please advice.
Thank you.

You cannot run FDISK on your primary drive while Windows is running. Use a
bootable floppy diskette if you need to run FDISK on the Windows
partition/drive.

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"Francis Chew" wrote in message
...
Hi All,
1. I cannot go to restart in MS-DOS mode to do FDisk. But I can only go to
MS-DOS prompt.
2. When doing FDisk in MS-DOS prompt, I can only delete logical drives &
Extended DOS Partition.
I cannot delete Primary DOS partition error message " ..... cannot lock
the
drive"
3. I have done FDisk many times. This is the first time I encounter the
problem.

Please advice.
Thank you.

Hi All,
1. I cannot go to restart in MS-DOS mode to do FDisk. But I can only go to
MS-DOS prompt.
2. When doing FDisk in MS-DOS prompt, I can only delete logical drives &
Extended DOS Partition.
I cannot delete Primary DOS partition error message " ..... cannot lock the
drive"
3. I have done FDisk many times. This is the first time I encounter the
problem.

Boot to a floppy. See http://www.bootdisk.com/ if you need a bootdisk.

Dan

Stop and think about it!
If you use either the MS-DOS prompt, or Restart is DOS mode, you are running
out of windows on the C drive.
Doing an FDisk from there is like asking someone to commit suicide. The C
drive will not do that dumb thing to itself.
You have to have control from another source. That is a Boot Disk.

"Francis Chew" wrote in message
...
Hi All,
1. I cannot go to restart in MS-DOS mode to do FDisk. But I can only go to
MS-DOS prompt.
2. When doing FDisk in MS-DOS prompt, I can only delete logical drives &
Extended DOS Partition.
I cannot delete Primary DOS partition error message " ..... cannot lock
the
drive"
3. I have done FDisk many times. This is the first time I encounter the
problem.

Please advice.
Thank you.

Hi Daniel,
Is bootdisk taken from http://www.bootdisk.com and "StartUp" disk create
from Window setup are the same.
Please advice.

Thks.

"Daniel Hicks" wrote:

Hi All,
1. I cannot go to restart in MS-DOS mode to do FDisk. But I can only go to
MS-DOS prompt.
2. When doing FDisk in MS-DOS prompt, I can only delete logical drives &
Extended DOS Partition.
I cannot delete Primary DOS partition error message " ..... cannot lock the
drive"
3. I have done FDisk many times. This is the first time I encounter the
problem.

Boot to a floppy. See http://www.bootdisk.com/ if you need a bootdisk.

Dan