format c: with 2000

[pancreas]

I have formatted many systems but 2000 will not let me reformat c:!! I have gone to the dos/command prompt:

c:/format
c:/etc..........

 

[dwilko]

u cant format useing a dos prompt u hav be in dos\command to do it

do you have a boot disk with format.bat(i think is .bat)
and u will hav to use that

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[pancreas]

Sorry, forgot to expound:

Have used this system for 2 years and it is time to reformat and reload. W2000 will not let me use the dos for a format command. Can anybody help? Sorry for the short statement, but I am a butthead.

 

[pancreas]

No, have boots, but with no format commands

 

[dwilko]

do you have access to some partitionin software like partiton magic that will format the drive
When I need to format my win xp pro drive I use partition magic boot up disks to format my drive

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[Davetoo]

Boot to the W2K CD and you'll get the option to format.

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It just means my answers are from experience, not a book.

 

[wolluf]

Listen to Lander215. You can't format the system partition of an operating system from within the operating system (even in 9x/ME!). Think about it - you're asking it to wipe itself out - but lots of stuff is in use.

 

[pweegar]

I find the easiest way to reformat my drive9s) is to use Partition Magic, run from a rescue disk. Repartiton and reformat the drive. I generally reformat in Fat16 until I get the OS up and running. Then convert the partition to FAT32/NTFS and build the rest of the drive. I use FAT16 first as any MS OS will recognize it. Convert it later for efficiency.