Try typing in just plain "format c:" without the quotes.

>I have about a 5 year old computer that I'm trying to re-format the C drive on.  I'm using Windows95. When I tried to format, the system was off, and I turned in back on with a boot disk in.  I tried the steps offered on the site but unfortunately when I typed, "format c: /s" I got an error message. This was done from a A prompt. The message I received was "bad command or invalid name."   I would appreciate any suggestions others might have to solving this problem.
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