format /s c:
should do the job.
you can use the command 'format f:' or if you want to format it to something different e.g. FAT32 you need to put the command 'format f: /fs:fat32'
formats are not drive specific so it depends on the software with windows open a command prompt and use the format command
Start ->Run -> Cmd .Hit enter button. Then command prompt will appears on the screen.By using format command you can format your PenDrive. Then type format j: /FS:FAT32 Here j is a drive letter.
The command used to format a drive is "Format".
You go to My Computer and right click Floppy (A)and click Format. A dialog will appear and after selecting the right options for you (quick/full format, label etc.) you click Start.Note: A floppy disk must be in the drive A: for this to work.First you are going to need a command prompt. From the start button win7 in the search field type (cmd). Then from the command prompt type format A:
After the USB drive has been inserted, it will be assigned a drive letter. From this point, you would open the CMD prompt and type: FORMAT F: (enter) Be sure to replace F: with the thumb drive's drive letter which is assigned by your operating system. If you format the wrong drive letter, you will lose all the data stored on that drive letter.
yes u can format your pc or os by formating drive where os is installed through 1> by right click on drive and format 2> by using boot CD or 3> by using command prompt
Command Prompt can't really help you identify the drive letter of the pen drive so I'm hoping you've already got that information, perhaps from looking in My Computer/Windows Explorer let's say the pen drive is F: type format F: hit return accept/confirm any prompts
to access your flash drive you should be able to open my computer and then listed with the drives should be your flash drive you can just right click and then go to open. However, if this does not work do the following to convert to FAT or NTFS: To convert a volume to NTFS or FAT from the command prompt Open the Command Prompt window. In the command prompt window, type convert drive_letter: /fs:ntfs For example, typing convert D: /fs:ntfs would format drive D: with the ntfs format. Notes To open a command prompt, click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, and then click Command Prompt. You can convert FAT or FAT32 volumes to NTFS with this command.
In Windows XP Go to: Start>Programs>Accessories> Command Prompt.At the command prompt enter: format c:/This will format and erase all of the data on the c: drive. If you also have a d: drive then do a format d:/ command before you do the format of the c: drive.Caution: be sure you want all of the data erased as this action is not reversable.
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insert floppy drive and go to command prompt and run format /s a: