Whats the exe for format in win xp ?

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Feb 13th, 2004, 08:32 AM
Jmacp

Whats the exe for format in win xp ?

^^ ?
Feb 13th, 2004, 08:42 AM
vbNeo

Re: Whats the exe for format in win xp ?

Quote:

Originally posted by Jmacp
^^ ?

Do you want to format your system drive? If so, go get yourself a win9x boot disk...

Both win95 and win98 has the famous Format.com, so if you need it for an application you could extract that as well - if you haven't used it before, the syntax is:
format.com c: <-- :)

Cheers!
Feb 13th, 2004, 06:39 PM
Ideas Man

Still format.com i think. You goto the Command Prompt and type in format a: and it formats. It'd be in either C:\WINDOWS\ or C:\WINDOWS\system32
Feb 13th, 2004, 07:00 PM
Jmacp

Quote:

Originally posted by Ideas Man
Still format.com i think. You goto the Command Prompt and type in format a: and it formats. It'd be in either C:\WINDOWS\ or C:\WINDOWS\system32

Ok thanks.
Feb 16th, 2004, 04:01 PM
parksie

That formats as FAT32. If you want to format as NTFS, use a Windows 2000/XP install CD.
Feb 18th, 2004, 11:28 AM
plenderj

I thought this was going to be a question about the format of exe files under Windows XP :shrug:
Feb 18th, 2004, 02:37 PM
NoteMe

Quote:

Originally posted by plenderj
I thought this was going to be a question about the format of exe files under Windows XP :shrug:

That was my first thought too...so I had to read the subject line again before I understood the first post....
Feb 18th, 2004, 09:41 PM
nkad

Quote:

Originally posted by parksie
That formats as FAT32. If you want to format as NTFS, use a Windows 2000/XP install CD.

or..... Format c: /FS:NTFS at the command line works too
Feb 19th, 2004, 02:43 PM
cid

Just a little tid bit of useless info:

Code:

format A: /autotest /u

This little line will format a floppy but it does it unconditionally and on top of that autotest will format a floppy without asking the famous y/n question. So basically if the virus inserts this code into the autoexec.bat in win98 your screwed because it wont ask if you want to it just acts on its own.
exp:

in win98- only:

Code:

format c: /autotest /u

this trick only works in win98. it is one of those secret tricks not known in dos.
Feb 19th, 2004, 05:06 PM
Jmacp

hi,

i was just looking for the actual executable file so i could open via vb, i was making an app that incorporated formatting.
Feb 20th, 2004, 12:15 AM
Ideas Man
Yeah, simply call the format thing with the answer in it i think
VB Code:
```
Shell "format.com a: /y"
```
or something like that.
Feb 21st, 2004, 06:58 PM
j2k

Anyone know why /autotest was removed in windows xp's format.com ?

Is there any other way of formatting a drive in windows xp without having to answer to the 'y/n' question?
Feb 22nd, 2004, 01:21 AM
Ideas Man
Simply use format a: /y.

I tried it and it worked perfectly.

in VB, use:
VB Code:
```
Shell "format a: /y"
```