I solved the problem by trying format without the switch and it formatted.
I then rebooted and formatted again and used the switch /s.  This again gave
the error message of insufficient memory.  I used fdisk deleted the primary
partition and made it inactive, rebooted used fdisk again, created the
primary partition and made it active then formatted c: using the /s.  This
stopped the problem of insufficient memory.

Thanks for your reply though.

Ruth Correll
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-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Andrew S
Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2000 10:58 AM
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Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] reformating a hard drive


> "Insufficent membory to load system files"

I don't know what causes that error, but here's what I've done in the past
to work around it:

type "format c:"
and then when that's done, type "sys c:"

The above procedure is what I normally use when I am formatting drives.

Andrew Shriner
Shriner Technology
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