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re: Boot-up
Monday, December 11, 2006 at 3:43 pm
Windows 95 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Jerry
(875 messages posted)
It is possible to use FORMAT C: to wipe a hard
drive -- even the hard drive the FORMAT.COM file
lives on. When you start FORMAT.COM, the entire
executable gets sucked up into memory, and runs
from there. When it's done working (i.e., wiping
the hard drive), the memory-residency terminates,
returning control to COMMAND.COM -- but by then
COMMAND.COM is gone, along with everything else,
including the original FORMAT.COM file.
Jerry
- Written in response to:
- re: Boot-up (Keith Stanier: Monday, December 11, 2006 at 1:31 pm)
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 | Boot-up (Brandon: Sun, Dec 10, 2006, 3:53 pm) |
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