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Asked: 2021-11-28T11:01:34+00:00 In:

Solved How Do I Format Drive C Using DOS Command

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My computer is ruined by viruses. It will not boot up. I managed to get on to command prompts. C:\windows I type format c:\ and get error message.
I assume I have to get rid of the “windows” and just get to C:\ How di I do that and how do I type the right command to format c: Thank you for your help

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      It’s format c:/s and not format c:\s. But that won’t work unless you boot from a 98 or ME bootdisk AND your XP is on a fat32 and not an NTFS partition.

      Why can’t you boot from the cdrom?

      The mantra of the aging hippie–“Power to the government, right on”

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