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Name: ITchick
Date: February 10, 2005 at 12:03:18 Pacific
Subject: unable to format c:
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?

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Response Number 1

Name: Wombat
Date: February 10, 2005 at 12:17:42 Pacific
Subject: unable to format c:

Reply: (edit)

Format hard drive A:\>fdisk /mbr
Next prompt: A:\>format C:
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Response Number 2

Name: ITchick
Date: February 10, 2005 at 12:49:12 Pacific
Subject: unable to format c:

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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
Subject: unable to format c:

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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
Subject: unable to format c:

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'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
Subject: unable to format c:

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Either get another boot floppy, or go to the HDD manufacturer's website & download their software
http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm
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