HELP, can't find the right command for reformatting hard drive?

[Virgo]

We have tried every different variation of commands to format c: /s leaving this letter out,putting this letter in,putting a space here,leaving out a space there.I will send a $5.00 Blockbuster gift certificate to the one person who can crack the code!Please help, we are losing our minds.

 

[Maximus1]

Couple of questions...

Where are you trying to format from...
What error message are you getting...

 

[shanester]

Use fdisk to delete your primary partition, create a new partition, mark it as active, then try to format it using format c: That should work.

 

[reality bites]

Can you format a floppy disk? Try booting to command prompt only and typing

c:\format a: /s

exacly like that spaces and slashes (assumng you have a c:\ on your screen already)

What happens?

you may need to perform a

c:\dir format.* /s

to locate the format program on you hard drive, then change into that directory (cd\whateverdirectory) before you run format. Also if you have no format program on the hard drive, your screwed!!

 

[PAT31850]

Make a startup disk and be sure that format.com is on the disk. If not just copy it from c:\windows\command\. Reboot with the floppy in a:, go through the routeen until you get to A:, Then just type in format c:\. You have to be on another drive beside c:. You could do this from any other drive if you are in dos and have the format .com in that drive, easyest from a:.
If you are loading 98 you should have a 98 setup disk with all you need on it. You will need the Cd rom support unless you can boot directly from the cd.

 

[Bglad]

e-mail me and i'll help you
you gotta send more details though

 

[Virgo]

We are trying to format from DOS ,we get the error message 1 percent completed, Insufficient memory. We only know how to follow step by step detailed instructions cause we do not know a lot about how to do some of the things you suggested,although we did mansge to do this a month ago with someone guiding us ,we haven't been able to find that person since.The last time we did it it was only a matter of typing the correct commands.I will try one the commands here,with what we are already doing.Everybody please keep writing suggestions though or better yet even a step by step procedure would be nice.You can email me at dandelionbreeze@altavista.com too if you like.I REALLY appreciate your help here.

 

[Virgo]

Hey reality bites, with one of the commands you provided I was able to trick my computer into finally formatting my hard drive.Thanks.If you want the $5.00 Blockbuster gift certificate, just email me your address and I will send it to you today!Thanks to all who replied with suggestions.I sure hope It will be a long time before I have to do THAT again as I don't think I could remember what I did..lol