fornatting drive c:

[silentbob1]

Hello

I am trying to format my C: drive which has xp professional running on it. When I use my boot disc and arrive at the dos prompt I type in format c: /s which is what your supposed to do.

Dos for some reason does not recognise this and says bad command.

I have two drives C: and D: and I need to wipe my c: drive.

any ideas

 

[ksb007]

So does it give you the message 'format is not recognized as an interneral or external command, operable program or batch file'.?

 

[silentbob1]

yes along those lines

 

[extendcradle]

try to locate where the format.com resides. It might be on the boot disk you inserted or to its subfolders.