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Name: Hammaad
Date: September 7, 2002 at 08:01:11 Pacific
OS: win98/xp
CPU/Ram: PIII 1000 mhz 128 RAM
Comment:

can u just tell me what's the command to format a drive? tell me the command in DOS (MS-DOS) thanx!



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Name: Messiah
Date: September 7, 2002 at 08:47:09 Pacific
Reply:

format [driveletter]:
e.g.
format c:

that should do it, but you have to make sure the format.exe is on the media you've booted with

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Response Number 2
Name: Dan Penny
Date: September 7, 2002 at 22:57:23 Pacific
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If you're going to format, add the /c switch. It re-checks sectors on the media which are currently marked as bad.

format/c c:


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Response Number 3
Name: Ravi
Date: September 9, 2002 at 08:13:16 Pacific
Reply:

Format DriveName
eg
Format C:
Check format/? for more option



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