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I have an IBM Thin Pad Laptop, that my kids were using and installed all kind of junk software.
I was trying to format/erase the entire hard disk and install WXP. I have a copy of MS DOS and try
to format the hard disk as I have done in the past (late 90'). In the past I typed "format c:\"
from DOS to reformat or erase the hard disk. I have tried the same command but U get "Bad command or file name".
Could you tell me how to erase/format my hard disk?
Thanks
Answer Hi Daniel,
You'll need to create a boot diskette on a working machine and then use that to boot the laptop off of. From there, the format command should work from the "A:\>" prompt.
You can create them by going to START > Settings > Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs > Startup Diskette.
