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    strawberrypatch Posts: 2, Reputation: 1
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    Jul 27, 2005, 05:40 PM
    Reformating hard drive
    I'm trying to reformat my hard drive. When I type format c: I get bad command or file name response. What can I do?
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    Jul 28, 2005, 01:20 AM
    Try making a Windows boot disk, booting from that and then wiping your PC. What version of windows are you using? I'm thinking Win ME.

    If it is Win ME (or earlier), get a boot disk from here - http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm
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    Jul 28, 2005, 06:14 AM
    Reformating hard drive
    I'm using xp and have boot disks, but I get an unrecoverable error and it ejects my disk.
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