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I was in DOS
c:\>format c:/q/s
It said my command was wrong. So where exactly is the mistake? Do I have to boot from a boot disk and get to A:\> first?
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The following is quoted from xiaojun at 2004-1-27 12:59:49:
I've formatted C while at the C:\ prompt before. It's not impossible
It is possible. After booting with a boot disk, you can probably format drive C from any drive letter. I once formatted C with a:format when I didn't have a floppy drive, but I don't know what that guy wants to do. I find it pretty interesting.
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The following is quoted from ming860326 at 2004-1-27 1:12:18:
I was in DOS
c:\>format c:/q/s
It said my command was wrong. So where exactly is the mistake? Do I have to boot from a boot disk and get to A:\> first?
Please note: before carrying this out, make sure FORMAT.COM is in the command search path.
For example: PATH=C:\;C:\DOS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND;
Then FORMAT.COM must exist in one of the above three directories.
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Why can't you format C while at the C: prompt!!!!!! I've done it like this before. And it worked very successfully.
But it was c:\>format c:/s/q
You reversed s and q, haha!!1
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The following is quoted from Kinglion at 2004-1-28 9:28:22:
The following is quoted from ming860326 at 2004-1-27 1:12:18:
I was in DOS
c:\>format c:/q/s
It said my command was wrong. So where exactly is the mistake? Do I have to boot from a boot disk and get to A:\> first?
Please note: before carrying this out, make sure FORMAT.COM is in the command search path.
For example: PATH=C:\;C:\DOS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND;
Then FORMAT.COM must exist in one of the above three directories.
