Ian -

It also adds two hidden files, io.sys and msdos.sys

Mike

--- Ian <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Formatting with the forward slash /s just adds command.com to the
> empty
> drive and enables it to boot independently of the floppy.
>
> I rarely use /s, usually just plain old 'format C:'.
>
> Ian Porter
> Computer Guys
> Arrowtown
> New Zealand
> [log in to unmask]
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "bobbilyn" Jerry
>  i read today that if you format using format c: without the /s at
> the end
> that it doesn't load your drivers I thought about just doing it again
> with
> the /s on it but i wasn't sure if i could without the cd-rom could i
> load
> win98se from the A: or no i'm going nuts
>
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