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unable to format c:
Name: ITchick Date: February 10, 2005 at 12:03:18 Pacific OS: Windows ME CPU/Ram: /128MB
Comment:
I am in need of formating my hd. However, even after booting with the Windows ME disk and am in dos it will not let me format using format c:. It say it is a badcommand...etc. does any one have a suggestion on what is wrong and what i should do?
Name: Wombat Date: February 10, 2005 at 12:17:42 Pacific
Reply:
Format hard drive A:\>fdisk /mbr
Next prompt: A:\>format C:
Modo vincis modo vinceris
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Response Number 2
Name: ITchick Date: February 10, 2005 at 12:49:12 Pacific
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Wombat, still receiving the bad command or file name after A:\>format C:...thanks for the suggestion though.
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Response Number 3
Name: michael2 Date: February 10, 2005 at 13:25:36 Pacific
Reply:
If this is a new drive, you will have to make a partition first. To see if you have a partition made, using the start-up disk, select......
a:\fdisk and press ENTER. Select 'Y' to enable large disk support when asked. Select option '4' which is view partitions. It should say something like..... drive....label....file system.......used ...c.....none.......FAT 32..........100%
If it does not show a partition, it will say something like.... invalid system disc.
Post back if you still have problems and say if this is a new hard drive!!! or if it had Windows XP (NTFS) previously.
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Response Number 4
Name: jboy Date: February 10, 2005 at 16:12:55 Pacific
Reply:
'Bad command or filename' is what DOS will tell you if it can't find the file - in this case, format.com - on the floppy drive. Look on the floppy:
dir a:\format
and if it's not there, get a copy & add it or use a different bootdisk.
Fdisk /mbr or NTFS is hardly indicated based on the info given(!!)
I'm not insensitive, I just don't care.
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Response Number 5
Name: jam Date: February 11, 2005 at 12:46:35 Pacific
Reply:
Either get another boot floppy, or go to the HDD manufacturer's website & download their software
http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm
Asus A7N8X-X 1800+ @ 8 x 210MHz 512MB PC3200 Asus Ti4200 128MB WinME/WinXP Pro
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