How do I format a drive in windows?

[Savij]

I need to format a set of drives, preferably using a batch file, but I can't figure out how to do it without having to manually tell it that i'm sure that's what i want to do. Is there some tool or shell scripting method that I can use to force it to do it without the confirmation?

I really don't want to hit Y 750 times.

 

[Nothinman]

I believe you can do 'echo y | format X:'.

But unless you found some way to put all 750 drives in the machine and get them letters you're going to have to do a lot more work than just hitting the y key to format them all.

 

[Smilin]

Originally posted by: Nothinman
I believe you can do 'echo y | format X:'.

But unless you found some way to put all 750 drives in the machine and get them letters you're going to have to do a lot more work than just hitting the y key to format them all.

You owe Nothinman some points

yes, you can pipe a "yes" reply to any command that requires a confirmation.

In addition to formatting I'm guessing you'll need to make partitions. Diskpart in Winpe or XP does the trick.


ps, that echo trick is "space sensitive" don't put any spaces before or after the |

 

[Savij]

Originally posted by: Smilin

Originally posted by: Nothinman
I believe you can do 'echo y | format X:'.

But unless you found some way to put all 750 drives in the machine and get them letters you're going to have to do a lot more work than just hitting the y key to format them all.

You owe Nothinman some points

yes, you can pipe a "yes" reply to any command that requires a confirmation.

In addition to formatting I'm guessing you'll need to make partitions. Diskpart in Winpe or XP does the trick.


ps, that echo trick is "space sensitive" don't put any spaces before or after the |

Thanks guys. I give you 50 extra points for the solution.

That's what I was looking for. I had the diskpart and the machine stuff taken care of, just forgot the shell scripting stuff.