I need help reformatting my pc?

Question

What code do you type in to format your pc?

We've tried

C:\> format:/
&
C:\> format

but they dont work!

Answer 1

pop in youre windows xp cd and then it should take you to a menu where you click install and then it hsould be self explanatory

Answer 2

I am interested to know why people feel the need to re format their hard drives.

This should be a last ditch thing to do, it destroys all your data, programs, settings etc.

If you get really stuck - go out and buy a new hard drive, install your os and software on that and then reinstall your old drive (move the pin from master to slave) and copy your valuable data accross.

Re formatting drives is not for the faint hearted. You may never get back to where you were before.

Your data is worth a lot more than the drive!

My advise - don't do it.

I have been involved in computer hardware support for 20 years and I have only ever reformatted hard drives when I have had an experimental system I was trying different operating systems on (various Linux options).

Just don't do it.

Answer 3

go to my computer, then right click on the drive you want to format and click format press ok and wait untill finished then reboot your pc , just remember to have your windows disks in when you reboot your pc as you may need to install windows if you have formated the drive containing the windows files

Answer 4

if you use "format /?" switch it will give you the following command that will give you what you want

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]
FORMAT volume [/Q]

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 NTFS only: 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 following restrictions on the number of clusters on
a volume:

FAT: Number of clusters <= 65526
FAT32: 65526 < Number of clusters < 4177918

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 (1.44)
/T:tracks Specifies the number of tracks per disk side.
/N:sectors Specifies the number of sectors per track.

Answer 5

Simply right click on the drive you want ot format -> Format
Done.

Answer 6

Try

format c:

Better yet download the Western digital tools and set active partiitions as well.

http://support.wdc.com/download/index.asp?swid=1

Jockee

Answer 7

use the windows xp cd and boot at startup into the installation manager. you can format your disks in there and reinstall windows.

Answer 8

at the dos prompt, ie this:

C:\

type

format C:

so it should look like this:

C:\format C:

Answer 9

go to smartcomputing.com
they will tell you how.

Answer 10

i just type
format C:

that's it!!