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Frederick Navarro <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 29 Jan 2009 00:50:55 -0800
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Hi Brent,

It could be possible that drive C is of type NTFS file system.  What is the
operating system of your boot disk?

On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 8:57 PM, Brent <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I'm currently running Windows 2000, but I'm wanting to reformat my drives
> and install a fresh version of Windows XP.  I made a boot disk with a
> floppy; I get to the A:\ prompt and I'll type in "format C: /s" but the
> command will go ahead and format my D: drive instead!  It doesn't recognize
> that the C: drive is there at all.  I'm booting the machine from the floppy,
> so I 'shouldn't' be using the C: drive at all.  It's only recognizing one
> drive, but it's definitely not reformating the correct hard drive!!
>
> How can I reformat my C: drive?
>
> Cheers, Brent
>
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