> Then I Tried C:\.Format got required parameter missing. John Stoker. If you typed exactly what is above then you would certainly get that message. You are at the root of C:\ in the dos prompt but the command needs a drive specified after it like so C:\ format C: Otherwise it doesn't know what drive it's supposed to format. Note the space between the word 'format' and the drive letter after it. George. George MacIntyre Computing Support Officer Edinburgh University Medical Education Centre 3rd floor Out Patients Department Western General Hospital Crewe Road Edinburgh EH4 2XU TEL: +44 (0)131 537 1496 Do you want to signoff PCBUILD or just change to Digest mode - visit our web site: http://freepctech.com/pcbuild.shtml