How to use the F Disk command to format the hard disk??

Answer 1

basicly the easiest way to do it is to use a windows 98 boot disk and boot up with it in the drive...

when the command prompt comes up type in c: thats C colon
Type Format
then it will ask you if you want to continue to format the c drive.
press y for yes then let it format
when the format is complete type FDISK
basicly it will ask you if you would like to create a partition and you can say yes and enter the size you want the partition to be...

the thing is if you wanted to install a new OS such as XP you can alway skip all of this stuff by just booting from the cd drive with the instalation cd

Answer 2

The below URL is from the Microsoft help and support pages. This one in specific is called:

How to Use the Fdisk Tool and the Format Tool to Partition or Repartition a Hard Disk

Having given you this info, why do you need it? If you have to ask about how to use the Fdisk.com command, I doubt that you know enough to use it. NO OFFENSE INTENDED! This command can and will (if used improperly wipe your hard drive. This is one of those remaining old MS-Dos commands that you should see someone else use before you try to use it.

Besides these days, the makers of hard drives usually provide a utilities disk that will take care of this for you. These utilities are down-loadable and much easier to use. They have step by step instructions.

Times have changed. Years ago, we used Fdisk a lot. We also used to have to do our own low level and high level format on a hard drive. These days none of that is usually necessary. If you need to partition a hard drive, use the utilites disk that applies to your hard drive.

Answer 3

First, fdisk is not to format a hard drive. It's more of a partition manager. In Windows XP, there is no fdisk program, and disk management is done with Computer Management, found under administrative tools from Control Panel. This is probably a safer method of doing things than fdisk, but if you delete a partition, EVERYTHING on that partiton will be lost.

Answer 4

Fdisk allows the user to delete and/or create partitions on the hard disk drive. It is NOT USED to format the harddisk. You need to use FORMAT instead (described below)

Format is used to erase all of the information off of a computer diskette or fixed drive (Hard disk)

Syntax to use Format command
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Microsoft Windows 95, 98, ME syntax:

Formats a disk for use with MS-DOS.

FORMAT drive: [/V[:label]] [/Q] [/F:size] [/B | /S] [/C]
FORMAT drive: [/V[:label]] [/Q] [/T:tracks /N:sectors] [/B | /S] [/C]
FORMAT drive: [/V[:label]] [/Q] [/1] [/4] [/B | /S] [/C]
FORMAT drive: [/Q] [/1] [/4] [/8] [/B | /S] [/C]

/V[:label] Specifies the volume label.
/Q Performs a quick format.
/F:size Specifies the size of the floppy disk to format (such as 160, 180, 320, 360, 720, 1.2, 1.44, 2.88).
/B Allocates space on the formatted disk for system files.
/S Copies system files to the formatted disk.
/T:tracks Specifies the number of tracks per disk side.
/N:sectors Specifies the number of sectors per track.
/1 Formats a single side of a floppy disk.
/4 Formats a 5.25-inch 360K floppy disk in a high-density drive.
/8 Formats eight sectors per track.
/C Tests clusters that are currently marked "bad."

Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows XP syntax

Formats a disk for use with Windows 2000 or greater OS versions.

FORMAT volume [/FS:file-system] [/V:label] [/Q] [/A:size] [/C] [/X]
FORMAT volume [/V:label] [/Q] [/F:size]
FORMAT volume [/V:label] [/Q] [/T:tracks /N:sectors]
FORMAT volume [/V:label] [/Q] [/1] [/4]
FORMAT volume [/Q] [/1] [/4] [/8]

volume Specifies the drive letter (followed by a colon), mount point, or volume name.
/FS:filesystem Specifies the type of the file system (FAT, FAT32, or NTFS).
/V:label Specifies the volume label.
/Q Performs a quick format.
/C Files created on the new volume will be compressed by default.
/X Forces the volume to dismount first if necessary. All opened handles to the volume would no longer be valid.
/A:size Overrides the default allocation unit size. Default settings are strongly recommended for general use.
NTFS supports 512, 1024, 2048, 4096, 8192, 16K, 32K, 64K.
FAT supports 512, 1024, 2048, 4096, 8192, 16K, 32K, 64K, (128K, 256K for sector size > 512 bytes).
FAT32 supports 512, 1024, 2048, 4096, 8192, 16K, 32K, 64K, (128K, 256K for sector size > 512 bytes).
Note that the FAT and FAT32 files systems impose the below restrictions on the number of clusters on a volume:

FAT: Number of clusters <= 65526 FAT32: 65526 < Number of clusters < 268435446

Format will immediately stop processing if it decides that the above requirements cannot be met using the specified cluster size.

NTFS compression is not supported for allocation unit sizes above 4096.

/F:size Specifies the size of the floppy disk to format (160,
180, 320, 360, 640, 720, 1.2, 1.23, 1.44, 2.88, or 20.8).
/T:tracks Specifies the number of tracks per disk side.
/N:sectors Specifies the number of sectors per track.
/1 Formats a single side of a floppy disk.
/4 Formats a 5.25-inch 360K floppy disk in a high-density drive.
/8 Formats eight sectors per track.

That's all I can tell you about.....

Answer 5

boot your pc with the support of a bootable cd or floppy. then in dos mode, on command propmt, type fdisk

you will see options, according to your need select the one and u r in business

Answer 6

type fdisk and press enter and say yes
and then type 4 to remove all drives and just exit and create dos partion and next create Extended Dos Partion and create logical partions in it