Computer Info:
POWERCOLOR ATI RADEON 9800SE Video Card, 128MB DDR, 256-bit, DVI/TV-Out, 8X AGP, Model "R98SE-C3"
SAMSUNG 160GB 7200RPM IDE Hard Drive
Rosewill 184-Pin 512MB DDR PC-2700, Model RW333/512
GIGABYTE "GA-7S748-L" SiS748 Chipset Motherboard for AMD Socket A CPU
AMD Athlon XP 2500+ "Barton", 333 FSB, 512K Cache Processor
Rosewill 52x32x52x16 CD-RW & DVD Combo Drive, Model C523216
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition SP2

My computer is being stupid. I built this computer about a year ago and i have not
had any problems. Yesterday i was removing programs using the Add/Remove tool in the
Control panel and i think i may have deleted something important and i cant figure
out what it was, or it is a virus. For some reason all my motherboard utilites dont
work anymore like USB, Onboard Sound. Also when i put the disk in to reinstall them
it does not auto run, and when i hit run D: it says to put a disk in, even though
there is already one in there. But the cd drive will READ music cds, but wont play
them BC i dont have a sound driver installed. I haved tried to format c:, but
whenever i do that i get a message in the cmd prompt saying "Format can not run
because the volume is in use by another process. Format may run if the volume is
dismounted first. ALL OPENED HANDLES TO THIS VOLUME WOULD THEN BE INVALID. Would you
like to force a dismount on this volume?" and i hit y and then it says "Cannot lo!
ck the drive. The volume is still in use. Is there anything you can think of to
help me? If i buy an new hard drive and re-install everything will my comp. work
normally again? Thanks for any info.Just boot it to the cdrom with the XP disk in it.
You can format as much as you like then.how do you do that? i have tried to restart the comp with the windows xp home cd in the drive but nothing worksEnter bios & set your cdrom as the 1st boot device.i do not have a system restore point to go back to for some reasonYou don't need a system restore if you are going to format the drive. Is this still what you are trying to do?i am just trying to fix the problem with my audio driver and usb 2.0 DRIVERS, i thought reformatting was my only optionDid you get a disk with your motherboard?
Put it in & reinstall the drivers. tried that but for some reason my comp does not recognize that the disk is in there, but it will recognize other cdroms like the World of Warcraft install disks and music cds. I also does not recognize my HP printer disk when i tried to reinstall the printer driver, b/c that also doesnt work, but i think that is b/c the usb2.0 doesnt work. it is very strange to me that it reads some disks but not others.Sometimes a clean Operating System install is a better way to go.
It depends on how much other stuff you have on your computer.