Hi,

The message means that the "FORMAT" command is not on the boot disc or
is not in the Path that the computer is looking on.

Check the autoexec.bat file and see if there is a path command and where
it leads.  The Format command must be in that path.

If there is no path in the autoexec.bat file, then the format command
must be on the A disc.  If it is not, put a disk in that has it and type
format c: /s again.

(Basic DOS 101 - what users don't learn by doing windows only!)


Thanks and have a Great Day!

Joe Lore

-----Original Message-----
From: PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Greg Shaw
Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 2:04 PM
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Subject: [PCBUILD] Formatting the C Drive


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.


Thank you.

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