Solve : WIN XP Format c: Without the Prompt?

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Answer» Running Win XP. Is there a switch that I can put after the FORMAT C: command in a batch file please. Something like the DELTREE /Y or RMDIR /S /Q I have quite a few HD's to format and would like to write a batch file that I could set to run and Format 4 HD's at a time, without user input each time. Thankyou How are you hooking up 4 HDD's and an XP drive ? ? patio. Didnt see that mistake, type sorry.. should be 2 HD's. Running SATA as the main HD and want to format 2 IDE drives, so I would like to run a batch file and forget it until both are done. That is without user having to type in the Y after the Do You wish to Proceed ?? Since it is a destructive process i doubt there is a way to bypass user intervention... that's a built in safeguard. patio. Is this a server.........remote access can do this?What is a comando for format drive c:\ ,if i only have 1 hdd ?Load the winxp INSTALL disk......follow the on-screen prompts....Quote What is a comando for format drive c:\ ,if i only have 1 hdd ? You cannot format C: from within C: Travel to bootdisk . com and DLoad a bootdisk to perform what you want. patio. Is that you flame...ANd if win is instaled on drive d:\ ?Can you please repost your question.....in the windows section......and give most data/info to your PROBLEM.....I know its a destructive process. So I take it then that there is no 'switch' that can be added to a batch file after the Format [drive] command, to automate it, instead of operator input via the keyboard. like the DELTREE /Y or the RMDIR /S /Q Quote I know its a destructive process. So I take it then that there is no 'switch' that can be added to a batch file after the Format [drive] command, to automate it, instead of operator input via the keyboard. like the DELTREE /Y or the RMDIR /S /Q I have just checked on my BENCH test MACHINE which has a full VER. of DOS on it and there is no switch that can be added to the command line to accomplish this. patio.

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Running Win XP. Is there a switch that I can put after the FORMAT C: command in a batch file please.

Something like the DELTREE /Y or RMDIR /S /Q

I have quite a few HD's to format and would like to write a batch file that I could set to run and Format 4 HD's at a time, without user input each time.

Thankyou
How are you hooking up 4 HDD's and an XP drive ? ?

patio. Didnt see that mistake, type sorry.. should be 2 HD's.

Running SATA as the main HD and want to format 2 IDE drives, so I would like to run a batch file and forget it until both are done. That is without user having to type in the Y after the Do You wish to Proceed ??

Since it is a destructive process i doubt there is a way to bypass user intervention... that's a built in safeguard.

patio. Is this a server.........remote access can do this?What is a comando for format drive c:\ ,if i only have 1 hdd ?Load the winxp INSTALL disk......follow the on-screen prompts....Quote

What is a comando for format drive c:\ ,if i only have 1 hdd ?

You cannot format C: from within C:
Travel to bootdisk . com and DLoad a bootdisk to perform what you want.

patio. Is that you flame...ANd if win is instaled on drive d:\ ?Can you please repost your question.....in the windows section......and give most data/info to your PROBLEM.....I know its a destructive process. So I take it then that there is no 'switch' that can be added to a batch file after the Format [drive] command, to automate it, instead of operator input via the keyboard.

like the DELTREE /Y or the RMDIR /S /Q

Quote

I know its a destructive process. So I take it then that there is no 'switch' that can be added to a batch file after the Format [drive] command, to automate it, instead of operator input via the keyboard.

like the DELTREE /Y or the RMDIR /S /Q

I have just checked on my BENCH test MACHINE which has a full VER. of DOS on it and there is no switch that can be added to the command line to accomplish this.

patio.

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