No. Windows Vista is not based on DOS and a DOS boot disk will be unable to read the file system that Vista is on.
formats are not drive specific so it depends on the software with windows open a command prompt and use the format command
Defrag
insert floppy drive and go to command prompt and run format /s a:
Always should the drive be partitioned. As NTFS for Windows 7. You can edit partitions while installing Windows through the installation menu or command prompt, or in diskmanager after the operating system is installed.
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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
in command prompt you would type H:/.
with the PROMPT command type "prompt text", text being what you want it to say. now, instead of displaying the drive path, it will display what you entered as the text.
depends on the OS, but for most it is : defrag <DRIVE> example: defrag c:
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.
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.