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Re: formatting C:/
From:
Larry Atlow <[log in to unmask]>
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PCBUILD - PC Hardware discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Tue, 21 Apr 1998 02:37:21 -0500
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Patrick Black wrote:
>
> First you make a Windows 95 Startup Disk.
. . .
> Confirm that format.com is on the disk.  Then to format drive C: type the
> following:
>
>         format C:

That should be format c: /s
The /s switch is required if this is to be a bootable drive!

> There is no need to re-fdisk everything.  The format shouldn't take very
> long.
. . .
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