it doesnt work it just takes me back to the locked sceen
Just check out this thread on how to hard reset your phone:
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-incredible-faq/42039-how-hard-reset-htc-droid-incredible.html
You will lose all your apps and contacts and calender entries and youll have to create a new gmail to access market.
Dont forget your username and password this time write it down and not in the notes app on your droid lol
Why would you do that if you could just follow the steps above? just press back not home
He already stated that thats not working for him. This is a last resort.