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Format HDD at startup by editing "autoexec.bat" file
Name: James Date: July 7, 2000 at 15:26:55 Pacific
Comment:
Anyone knows how to format HDD at startup by adding code to "autoexec.bat" file, please email me ! Thanks
Do I understand you corectly...? "you want to format your HD as you boot-up???"
If that is what you're asking, then... you can't... Usually one formats 'the' HD from a DOS/'9x boot disk... since one needs at least a few items from DOS/'9x, including the format util, to be available throughout the process; and if you format the HD - then they're all gone...
Or are you really wanting to do something a little different to what I understand???
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Response Number 2
Name: MR. ZUSE Date: July 7, 2000 at 16:31:51 Pacific
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i think i know what you are trying to do. don't do it that is very mean to do.
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Response Number 3
Name: Preston Date: July 7, 2000 at 17:49:22 Pacific
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Our jokester is at work again. Note the "e-mail me" in the post and then note the e-mail address "lemon.peel@att.net"
Also, have you noticed how the Jokester constantly posts suggestions to people to format their drive to solve whatever the problem is? And this post is about formats again.
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Response Number 4
Name: loved_sinner Date: July 8, 2000 at 00:19:36 Pacific
Summary: I don't have a startup floppy, just a recovery CD. I e-mailed a friend and she told me to edit the edit the autoexec.bat file and Make sure one of the lines in the file reads: PATH C:\WINDOWS;C:\WIND...
Summary: Hi! earlier i left this message, Greetings All! I messed up my laptop! I just bought a thinkpad 560 model #264010u from ebay. Since the previous owner just went through and deleted everything, i went ...
Summary: AND, anytime you plan to edit the autoexec.bat and config.sys, make a copy of them!!! You might find yourself not able to boot up and if you have these two files on a floppy, you can save your butt b...
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