Where did my "format c:" command go?!

[Philly C]

I recently had to reformat due to a pesky virus that wouldn't let me into Windows Explorer . I re-formatted but I couldn't run the "format c:" command in DOS with the startup disk. I did this before with Win98 but this time I was using WinME. Is this because WinME lacks true DOS support? I had to use old fdisk and oemsetup which took forever. Also, what is "format /q c:". I've heard it's quick format or something. Anyway, yea, when I boot with starup disk, and type dir in a:, there's no format command. Why o why? Next time I format, I don't want to fdisk and format again.

 

[Viper GTS]

Format is actually a utility stored in a separate executable. If you don't have format.com on your boot disk, you won't be able to format.

The command you asked about should be:

format c: /q

Format = duh
c: = specifies the drive to be formatted
/q = Quick format

The easiest way to fix your boot disk would be to find a windows machine & copy format.com out of the WINDOWS\COMMAND directory.

Viper GTS