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Re: Formatting my HD

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From: Trevor Grout
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 00:00
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>Trevor Grout writes,
>>FORMAT C: /S/Q
>Format c: /s/q/u
>/u = unconditional.  No recovery HAHAHAH!!!

Or this then
FORMAT drive: [/V[:label]] [/Q] [/F:size] [/B | /S] [/C]
FORMAT drive: [/V[:label]] [/Q] [/T:tracks /N:sectors] [/B | /S [/C]
FORMAT drive: [/V[:label]] [/Q] [/1] [/4] [/B | /S] [/C]
FORMAT drive: [/V[:label]] [/Q] [/1] [/4] [/8] [/B | /S] [/C]

/V[:label] 	Specifies the volume label.
/Q		Performs a quick format.
/F:size		Specifies the size of the floppy disk to format
		(such as 160, 180, 320, 360, 720, 1.2, 1.44, 2.88.

/B		Allocates space on the formatted disk.
/S		Copies system files to the formatted disk.
/T:tracks	Specifies the number of tracks per disk side.
/N:sectors	Specifies the number of sectors per track.
/1		Formats a single side of a floppy disk.
/4		Formats a 5.25-inch 360K floppy disk in a
		high-density drive.
/8		Formats eight sectors per track.
/C		Tests clusters that are currently marked "bad."

I think I win

Hehehe


Regards
--
Trev
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Date: 1999/04/15
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