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re: format Me but an error Friday, April 20, 2007 at 12:13 pm Posted by Larry (1297 messages posted) You're close...just eliminate the slash. At the a:> prompt type: "format c:" (without quotes of course). Make sure to include the space after "format". On Friday, April 20, 2007 at 10:53 am, Jas wrote: >Hi. Thank you for looking at this thread. I am trying to format Windows ME. I have >start up disk and windows Me cd. When I go to MSdos to format c:, it says "bad command >or file name". My exact command is "a:/format c:". what is wrong and how can i >format my hard drive? > >Thank you again for looking and helping. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: format Me but an error Friday, April 20, 2007 at 1:16 pm Posted by Jas (3 messages posted) I do not type any slash, slash is part of prompt in MS Dos that comes up itself. my only command is "format c:" (ofcourse without quotes). [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: format Me but an error Friday, April 20, 2007 at 1:24 pm Posted by Larry (1297 messages posted) There shouldn't be a slash, the prompt should have a pointer like > after the a: Make sure you're at the root of the "a" drive by typing cd\ (cd backslash) and hit enter. This means to change directory. Do it till you get to a:> then type in the format c: and hit Enter. On Friday, April 20, 2007 at 1:16 pm, Jas wrote: >I do not type any slash, slash is part of prompt in MS Dos that comes up itself. > my only command is "format c:" (ofcourse without quotes). [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: format Me but an error Friday, April 20, 2007 at 1:40 pm Posted by Jas (3 messages posted) the exact prompt is this a:\> and this is where i type "format c:" I also check the command in other computer but they all come with slash. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: format Me but an error Saturday, April 21, 2007 at 3:22 am Posted by Keith Stanier (1098 messages posted) Silly question but do you have Format.com on the boot disk? If you have then when it boots up and comes to A:> just type Format C: then enter. Does your boot disk have CD Rom drivers? [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows Me Discussion Forum