Try running format C: withour the /s. Once you have the drive formatted then boot from your disk again and type sys C: . That will probably be easier than trying to figure out where you dos memory is going. Ben Moore ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Lee" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 2:39 PM Subject: [PCBUILD] Formatting Hard Drive C: > Hi everyone, > > After using ScanDisk, the report shows my hard drive had 1 bad > cluster. since something was wrong with my WIn98 OS, so I am > thinking to format C: and re-install Win98. > > I use win98 boot disk to start computer and when give FORMAT C: /S > command at the dos prompt, it says INSUFFICIENT MEMORY. > > What can be donw to fix the problem? > > Thanks for any help! > Visit our website regularly for FAQs, articles, how-to's, tech tips and much more http://freepctech.com