Help! Cannot format C. Boot from bootdisk. A:\Format c: bad command
 

i created a bootdisk form windows 98SE of the computer.

I want to format c drive.

Booted from the boot disk. Shift+F5 goes to Prompt. And got bad command
after typing format c:

Please help!

Help! Cannot format C. Boot from bootdisk. A:\Format c: bad command
 

You do not have a proper bootdisk there, probably only the lame one produced by
Windows 95/98/ME during software installation.

Go to www.bootdisk.com and download the software to create the boot disk of your
choice. Make the disk, then boot with it and try to format again... Ben Myers


On 28 Jul 2006 18:01:16 -0700, wrote:

i created a bootdisk form windows 98SE of the computer.

I want to format c drive.

Booted from the boot disk. Shift+F5 goes to Prompt. And got bad command
after typing format c:

Please help!

Help! Cannot format C. Boot from bootdisk. A:\Format c: bad command
 

No shift. No F anything. A bootable diskette takes you directly to a
command prompt.
A bootable diskette (copy system files with windows explorer) does not
contain the file fdisk.exe, whereas, a startup diskette does.
--
Jonny
wrote in message
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i created a bootdisk form windows 98SE of the computer.

I want to format c drive.

Booted from the boot disk. Shift+F5 goes to Prompt. And got bad command
after typing format c:

Please help!

Help! Cannot format C. Boot from bootdisk. A:\Format c: bad command
 

Shift-F5 actually is for Safe mode Command Prompt. Try using the arrow
to select "Command Prompt", pressing "Enter", then selecting "Start
computer with CD support".

Ben

wrote in message oups.com...
i created a bootdisk form windows 98SE of the computer.

I want to format c drive.

Booted from the boot disk. Shift+F5 goes to Prompt. And got bad command
after typing format c:

Please help!

Help! Cannot format C. Boot from bootdisk. A:\Format c: bad command
 

Somebody is impersonating me, or maybe there are two mes? ... Ben Myers

On Sat, 29 Jul 2006 12:19:41 GMT, "Ben Myers"
wrote:

Shift-F5 actually is for Safe mode Command Prompt. Try using the arrow
to select "Command Prompt", pressing "Enter", then selecting "Start
computer with CD support".

Ben

wrote in message oups.com...
i created a bootdisk form windows 98SE of the computer.

I want to format c drive.

Booted from the boot disk. Shift+F5 goes to Prompt. And got bad command
after typing format c:

Please help!

Help! Cannot format C. Boot from bootdisk. A:\Format c: bad command
 

Have you sat at an XP-machine? That could split you in two!

Put the Startup Diskette in, & turn on the computer, to boot it. But, if it's already on, just Ctrl-Alt-Del.


--
Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"Ben Myers" ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net wrote in message ...
| Somebody is impersonating me, or maybe there are two mes? ... Ben Myers
|
| On Sat, 29 Jul 2006 12:19:41 GMT, "Ben Myers"
| wrote:
|
| Shift-F5 actually is for Safe mode Command Prompt. Try using the arrow
| to select "Command Prompt", pressing "Enter", then selecting "Start
| computer with CD support".
|
| Ben
|
| wrote in message oups.com...
| i created a bootdisk form windows 98SE of the computer.
|
| I want to format c drive.
|
| Booted from the boot disk. Shift+F5 goes to Prompt. And got bad command
| after typing format c:
|
| Please help!
|
|

Help! Cannot format C. Boot from bootdisk. A:\Format c: bad command
 

Sorry for not reducing the cross posting.

Ben

"Ben Myers" ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net wrote in message ...
Somebody is impersonating me, or maybe there are two mes? ... Ben Myers

On Sat, 29 Jul 2006 12:19:41 GMT, "Ben Myers"
wrote:

Shift-F5 actually is for Safe mode Command Prompt. Try using the arrow
to select "Command Prompt", pressing "Enter", then selecting "Start
computer with CD support".

Ben

wrote in message oups.com...
i created a bootdisk form windows 98SE of the computer.

I want to format c drive.

Booted from the boot disk. Shift+F5 goes to Prompt. And got bad command
after typing format c:

Please help!

Help! Cannot format C. Boot from bootdisk. A:\Format c: bad command
 

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oups.com...
i created a bootdisk form windows 98SE of the computer.

I want to format c drive.

Booted from the boot disk. Shift+F5 goes to Prompt. And got bad command
after typing format c:

Please help!

Help! Cannot format C. Boot from bootdisk. A:\Format c: bad command
 

"Jonny" wrote in message
...
No shift. No F anything. A bootable diskette takes you directly to a
command prompt.
A bootable diskette (copy system files with windows explorer) does not
contain the file fdisk.exe, whereas, a startup diskette does.
--
Jonny
It is not fdisk.exe he wants. It is format.com. Bad command means that the
file was not found in the path. Format.com is found on the startup disk
created with Windows 98SE. It is loaded into a RAM drive. It is not loaded
if you choose Minimal Boot. If you do not make a choice, you go to the Help
File. Shift-F5 takes you to the Command Prompt within the Help File. The
underlying operating system is the Minimal Boot. You have to Choose CD
Support/No CD Support to get the fully operational MS-DOS.



--
Earl F. Parrish