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How do you format a hard drive through dos
Name: Craig Date: October 6, 2000 at 00:58:53 Pacific
Name: JR Date: October 6, 2000 at 03:12:27 Pacific
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Type FORMAT D: and replace D: with the drive you want to format (A:, B: C:, D: ...). If you want to boot from the hard drive, you can use format to add the system files, like this: FORMAT C: /S If you want a list on swithes for format, type FORMAT /?
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Name: Fred6008 Date: October 14, 2000 at 11:57:17 Pacific
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You should always format from DOS. Boot from a floppy. Stay on drive A:. Then follow the instructions in reply 1.: Type FORMAT C: and press enter. Or Format /u C:. You only use /s if the format version you are using is the version you will install, and you can't Format C: if you are booted to it. (You would erase format.exe as you format), and although format is in memory, at the very next step you would be in trouble.
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