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Answer» 2 methods 1. Start Windows 95 I think you will find format.com in the folder C:\Windows\COMMAND. (2) Maybe easier Quote 1. Boot from floppy If you have confidential or sensitive data, then you want something better than the FORMAT command. The format command will make the data inaccessible to a novice computer user, but computer professionals and experienced computer users can easily recover your files that were on a partition that was simply formatted with a boot disk. What are you going to do with the computer(s) after you have wiped the drive?Quote from: sooz on May 20, 2007, 01:36:20 PM Thanks so much to all of you for trying to solve my problem! This is a function of the level of security that you feel you need. For me, simply formatting the drive(s) would be ok... because there is nothing really critical on this machine. No credit card numbers... nothing like that. Quote I don't mind DOWNLOADING a freeware program to get the same thing accomplished, assuming the two methods give the same results (). Not QUITE the same. See GuryGary's post above. That's a more secure method. On GENERAL principle, that is what I would do anyway. The absolute secure method is to remove the hard drive(s) and destroy them. But for most folks, that is overkill. Quote After this I need to wipe out my old Win 98 computer too. Even though you don't need this if you follow GuruGary's suggestion, for future use... if you ever need/want a Win98 or Win95 boot floppy disk: visit www.bootdisk.com You can download executable files there. Grab the one you want, and run it. It asks you to insert a floppy. Then it makes it a boot floppy. Easy. It is free. (I don't remember if the CREATED boot floppy includes format.com or not. Maybe somebody else here can jump in and let us know. ) Quote The first one called for going to Start--Settings--Control Panel--Add/Remove programs and selecting Startup Disk to create one from the original Win 95 CD which I no longer have. So I went to method #2 which had me open My Computer (can't find my notes on where I went after that) and then format a new disk clicking "create a systems disk". Is a systems disk the same as a boot disk??? Anyways, I checked the dir for that disk (as Contrex suggested), and there was only one file named command.com. So that probably explains my format command problems. So what direction do you suggest now? Thanks again, Sue Quote IO.SYS ; System boot file. Quote (I don't remember if the created boot floppy includes format.com or not. Quote from: patio on May 20, 2007, 04:36:51 PM Quote Viola` ! Thank you. Ta-da, mission accomplished !!! GuruGary's explanation on formating vs a delete freeware pgm was most helpful, so I downloaded DiskDeleter ZW and it did the job on both my Win 95 and 98 systems. Ha, almost cried as I put the later to bed one final time. Now to haul them to the hazardous materials recycling center. Seems a sad demise for my old friends but I had to move on.... Thanks to all for your input! SueQuote Anyways, I checked the dir for that disk (as Contrex suggested), and there was only one file named command.com. So I OWN 2k_dummy. Code: [Select]W00TThe problem was solved 5 days ago. Quote from: GX1_Man on May 24, 2007, 07:06:38 PM The problem was solved 5 days ago. Someone read the first post and just hit "reply" without reading the whole thread... how can i reformatt my computer microsoft xp? Following this thread may make it longer to accomplish... Start a new Topic with more DETAILS on what exactly you want to accomplish and someone will be along shortly.good day to all, my is when start my computer there is ****STOP:0X0000007B.....INACCESSIBLE BOOT DEVICE I CANT LOG ON TO MY COMPUTER PLEASE HELP ABOUT THIS PROBLEM! |
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