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Suppose you want to format a disk in drive B making it a bootable what command do you use in windows 98?
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format B: /s
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Can Windows 7 be formatted with Windows XP?
Windows 7 and Windows XP are operating systems. You cannot format operating systems. But you can format your hard disk or hard drive. You can use Windows XP bootable CD to format HDD, but you will have to use Windows 7 Bootable Installation disk to install OS on your formatted drive.
How do you make a bootable disk of Windows Xp and 2000 if you only want to format the hard disk through the bootable disk how would you do that?
Create a dos boot disk. Make sure that it contains FORMAT and FDISK. If you have access to Windows 98 then you can create a boot disk.
How do you format window XP drive c?
If your OS is located at C: drive then you will have to use a bootable floppy or CD. After booting from floppy or CD,you can go to command prompt and them type format C: And if your OS is not located at C then you can do that while running windows xp.
What is s switch used for in format disk?
The "-s" switch in the format command is used to format the disk so that it is a "system" disk. In other words, it makes it a "bootable" disk.
What is the s switch in formats?
When using the format command in DOS, the /s command-line argument "format c: /s" tells the system to copy over the system files necessary to make the drive DOS bootable. It is the same as using the "sys" command after finishing the format.
What command in Windows Server 2008 can you use to format a disk for FAT32?
format /fs:FAT32
Can you uninstall windows from your computer?
Yes, you can but for that you will windows repair CD or something similar to. Or you can use Linux cds. Also you can a ms-dos bootable disk to format (delete) installed windows.
What command line program can capture an entire operating system installation to a single file?
Format a: /s will format the disk in the first floppy drive and copy the system files to it, making it a bootable disk.
How do you make a disk bootable?
My Computer, right click on floppy drive-> Format... In the next windows choose Create a MS-DOS startup disk
Can you use Windows Explorer Disk Management or the Format command to format each logical drive?
yes
How we can format your computer using pen drive?
by bootable pendrive like ubuntu 10.10 bootable pendrive. or any other bootable OS pendrive
How do you format a new floppy disk using an OS command?
A new floppy disk can be formatted using the FORMAT command in DOS. The same tool is available in Windows using the Format utility in 'My Computer'.
