I have a question about Better Floppy Formats:

Could you make a batch file out of this? If so, how?

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Nevermind..

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Yes, you could make a batch file from it, but it wouldn't really serve any purpose 
other than it would save you from typing a few characters.

Batch files are a leftover from DOS that were used to make a number of commands run 
in sequence, but they don't really give you many benefits for a single command.

If you want to create a batch file, just save the line:

Format a: /u

in a Notepad text file and save it with a *.bat extension. Don't forget to put the 
filename in speech marks ("") when you save it though, or Notepad will add a *.txt 
extension to it.





On Saturday, August 17, 2002 at 10:45 am, Josh W wrote:
>I have a question about Better 
>Floppy Formats:

>
>Could you make a batch file out of this?  If so, how?
>

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On Saturday, August 17, 2002 at 3:03 pm, Michael wrote:

>Yes, you could make a batch file from it, but it wouldn't really serve any purpose 
>other than it would save you from typing a few characters.
>
>Batch files are a leftover from DOS that were used to make a number of commands 
run 
>in sequence, but they don't really give you many benefits for a single command.
>
>If you want to create a batch file, just save the line:
>
>Format a: /u
>
>in a Notepad text file and save it with a *.bat extension. Don't forget to put the 
>filename in speech marks ("") when you save it though, or Notepad will add a *.txt 
>extension to it.
>
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I figured out that you can also make a shortcut out of this.  Just type "Format a: 
/u" in the "Command Line" box when creating a new shortcut.  By following the next 
steps, it will automatically run the command for you.
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