format question

[gUEv]

I am trying to format my old 10 gig HD in the secondary computer.
So i insert the win98 boot disk (although i will be installing win2k) and do the old format c: \s thing..but i get a message saying "format is not supported on drive c; format aborted"

wtf? i remember having this problem the last time i formatted this drive, but i forgot what i did to fix it. any suggestions? thanks 🙂

 

[sohcrates]

if this is your "secondary" computer, could't you just install it as a slave or whatever in your primary system and format it from windows since this boot disk method isn't working out?

 

[gUEv]

i would...but i have no free IDE channels, and i really dont want to bother with that anyways. I know there is a way to fix it while keeping it in this rig, i just forgot how (blushes).
=P

 

[sohcrates]

have you tried re-fdisking the partition? go in and delete the old partition and make a new 10 gig one and THEN try formatting?

 

[gUEv]

ill go try that..thanks

 

[Zipperhead]

format c: /s

 

[sohcrates]

zipperhead is correct..i just had hoped that you HAD tried different variations of /s versus \s already...i suppose if fdisking alone doesn't help , you could always try fdisk /mbr (i THINK it's / and not \, but not positive for this command) as well to format the master boot record.