The reason FORMAT C: /S doesn't work is because you do not have the file himem.sys on the diskette. You should edit (if it exists already) or create a file named CONFIG.SYS on the diskette, using notepad or similar plain text editor, and in config.sys should be the line DEVICE=A:\HIMEM.SYS This will stop the insufficient memory. You should run scandisk, which will need to be on the diskette also, then try to format. If it still won't format, then I would get the hard disk utility from the drive manufacturer's website. Even if the utility fails, I would eliminate every possibility by installing the hard drive in a different computer using win98 or better, and see if that computer can format it. This will prove whether or not you have bad memory in your windows95 pc, which can cause the format command to mistakenly find errors. Tom Turak -----Original Message----- From: Greg Shaw [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 2:09 PM I recently posted the fact I was having problems formatting my C Drive using Windows95. I would like to thank all those who responded with suggestions. Most of you suggested that my boot disk might not have "format.com" included on it. Well those that suggest that were right so I found a boot disk that had the format command included. I then attempted to format my hard drive and would like to report what happen and hope that someone might have a suggestion. I tried "format c:/s" but unfortunately it didn't work due to insufficient memory. So I then used "format c" and that at least went through the routine of formatting my hard drive. Unfortunately, once completed I received a message that stated this " Trying to recover allocation Unit 585,928". I also was never asked to enter anything in as a volume label. I then check my C directory and noticed everything was still on my hard drive. I also entered "sys c:" after and it indicated then that system was transferred. But it's clearly shows that's not the case. PCBUILD's List Owners: Bob Wright<[log in to unmask]> Drew Dunn<[log in to unmask]>