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DOS学习入门 & 精彩文章 (教学室) » Help! I can't use format under DOS! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
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Floor1 capitel Posted 2005-11-19 10:38
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My system is XP, and I got a Trojan horse. I want to format in DOS, but after typing format c:/s, it prompts that the command is not available. Which expert can give me some advice?
Floor2 Michael Posted 2005-11-19 10:43
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format is an external command. First, make sure your DOS can find format.com
Floor3 capitel Posted 2005-11-19 10:45
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What if it can't be found? Then what to do?
Floor4 Kinglion Posted 2005-11-19 11:14
铂金会员 Posts 1,924 Credits 5,798 From 金獅電腦軟體工作室
Actually, you don't necessarily have to use FORMAT to format a disk. If you want to perform the formatting operation, a hard disk partitioning software can also achieve this function. There are many such software available by searching on the network.
Floor5 chujiafu Posted 2005-11-19 18:01
银牌会员 Posts 595 Credits 1,339 From 安徽 宿州
The format is still very stable and reliable. LZ, what error message did you get after entering "Format c:/s"?
Floor6 coolboy163 Posted 2005-11-19 21:22
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hehe

In DOS, you didn't find the FORMAT program, right? It's an external command, and you must be in the directory where the FORMAT program is located to use it.
Floor7 waterz Posted 2005-11-19 21:43
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There is also a possibility that your system partition fs is in NTFS format, DOS may not recognize it, and maybe you need to re - partition with fdisk.
Floor8 m486 Posted 2005-11-19 22:15
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Just install it directly. At a certain point during the installation, it will prompt you to format.
Floor9 JonePeng Posted 2005-11-19 22:35
金牌会员 Posts 1,883 Credits 4,562 From 广东广州
Originally posted by capitel at 2005-11-19 10:38:
But after typing format c:/s, it prompts that the command is not available

Come on, the DOS in XP is 8.0, and the Format command doesn't have the "/s" parameter. You can enter format c: /q for quick formatting. To use the "/s" parameter, you must use a DOS version below 7.1.

[ Last edited by JonePeng on 2005-11-20 at 21:41 ]
Floor10 Michael Posted 2005-11-19 22:47
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format /s transfers system files.
Floor11 chujiafu Posted 2005-11-20 10:18
银牌会员 Posts 595 Credits 1,339 From 安徽 宿州
I remember that the Format in Dos 8.0 does not have the /s parameter. Only the Format in Dos 7.1 and below can have this parameter.
Floor12 henryling Posted 2005-11-20 17:28
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Learning
Floor13 Kinglion Posted 2005-11-21 08:37
铂金会员 Posts 1,924 Credits 5,798 From 金獅電腦軟體工作室
You can use FORMAT /? to get help information.
Floor14 sisi8339 Posted 2005-11-21 22:10
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Learned something new!
Floor15 taoty Posted 2005-11-28 23:25
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It is also possible that your system partition is in NTFS format, and then you can't use the format command.
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