Re: DOS Command?
- From: "Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 13:54:10 -0700
I remember from my Win98 days
that there was a DOS command that would let you format the hard drive,
but I cannot for the life of me remember the command.
format is the command. Same command as in Windows XP.
Formats the disk in the specified volume to accept Windows files.
Although in XP, format supports 1.44 MB floppy drive only. 20.8 MB floptical
(magneto-optical) drive is no longer supported. Command-line options /b, /s,
/u, /1, /4, and /8 are no longer supported.
The XP CD allows you to format the drive at the time of installations.
Clean Install Windows
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html
Windows XP Clean Installation - Partitioning and Formatting using Windows XP
CD
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/XPClean.htm
HOW TO Partition and Format a Hard Disk in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/313348
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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In news:k9ydnfdKg-feUh3YnZ2dnUVZ_uG3nZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
LMO <lmo01'nospam'@yahoo.com> hunted and pecked:
Aloha all.
I have a 2001 Dell laptop with WinME installed. I bought XP and tried to
install it, but the laptop will not let me. I remember from my Win98 days
that there was a DOS command that would let you format the hard drive,
but I cannot for the life of me remember the command. Can someone help me
with that?
Also, is that the way to do a new install for XP on this laptop? Should I
wipe the drive first? Anyone have a better idea?
Thanks all.
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LMO
"O Wad some Powr, the Giftie Gie us,
To see oursels as others see us."
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