also, just in case, boot to dos with a disk, you cant delete the partition when your using it as an os. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anastasia Doskoris" <adoskoris3@xxxxxxxx> To: "System Configuration Discussion" <sysconfig1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 7:35 PM Subject: [sysconfig1] Help > > Hi Everyone, > > I was wondering if anybody could help me out. I'm trying to install Win2k > on my desktop. I've backed up all necessary files, and tried to delete the > primary DOS partition, in order to create a new partition, but when I > confirm that YES, I do want to delete primary partition #1, I get this > message..."Could not change partitions, because the disk could not be locked > " Anyone care to shed some light here. > > Thanks, Ana > >