Help! Cannot format C. Boot from bootdisk. A:\>Format c: bad command

i created a bootdisk form windows 98SE of the computer.

I want to format c drive.

Booted from the boot disk. Shift+F5 goes to Prompt. And got bad command
after typing format c:

Please help!

 

You do not have a proper bootdisk there, probably only the lame one produced by
Windows 95/98/ME during software installation.

Go to www.bootdisk.com and download the software to create the boot disk of your
choice. Make the disk, then boot with it and try to format again... Ben Myers

 

No shift. No F anything. A bootable diskette takes you directly to a
command prompt.
A bootable diskette (copy system files with windows explorer) does not
contain the file fdisk.exe, whereas, a startup diskette does.

 

Shift-F5 actually is for Safe mode Command Prompt. Try using the arrow
to select "Command Prompt", pressing "Enter", then selecting "Start
computer with CD support".

Ben

 

Somebody is impersonating me, or maybe there are two mes? ... Ben Myers

 

Have you sat at an XP-machine? That could split you in two!

Put the Startup Diskette in, & turn on the computer, to boot it. But, if it's already on, just Ctrl-Alt-Del.


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There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

| Somebody is impersonating me, or maybe there are two mes? ... Ben Myers
|
| On Sat, 29 Jul 2006 12:19:41 GMT, "Ben Myers" <>
| wrote:
|
| >Shift-F5 actually is for Safe mode Command Prompt. Try using the arrow
| >to select "Command Prompt", pressing "Enter", then selecting "Start
| >computer with CD support".
| >
| >Ben
| >
| >> i created a bootdisk form windows 98SE of the computer.
| >>
| >> I want to format c drive.
| >>
| >> Booted from the boot disk. Shift+F5 goes to Prompt. And got bad command
| >> after typing format c:
| >>
| >> Please help!
| >>
|

 

Sorry for not reducing the cross posting.

Ben

 

It is not fdisk.exe he wants. It is format.com. Bad command means that the
file was not found in the path. Format.com is found on the startup disk
created with Windows 98SE. It is loaded into a RAM drive. It is not loaded
if you choose Minimal Boot. If you do not make a choice, you go to the Help
File. Shift-F5 takes you to the Command Prompt within the Help File. The
underlying operating system is the Minimal Boot. You have to Choose CD
Support/No CD Support to get the fully operational MS-DOS.