well basically i wanna format my hard drive but when i go to format it it says 'please close any explorer windows' and i have none open, is there a way to do it without windows?
Are you wanting to format c drive or a secondary drive such as D or E drive. if its your main drive then Kage is right he usualy is he knows his stuff. but if its a slave drive then you should be able to do a format from within windows