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Marty List

10-23-2003, 07:58 PM

"Mike Sampson" <msam@hfx.eastlink.ca> wrote in message
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> I'm trying to format my lil' cousins computer to reinstall
> Windows 98 which he had, inplace of Win2000 that the
> computer can with ~ I'm extracted the format.com and I've
> tried whipping it but when I enter format C: /s
> It keeps telling me to; now enter the current label for
> the C drive:
>
> how do I know what this value is ?

FORMAT is just asking you what you want the new label to be, it doesn't
matter what you type. Just hit enter and it will be blank, or type a
friendly name like "lil cousin" or "whipping it".

Ray at

10-23-2003, 08:02 PM

I've seen it before where you have to enter the current label name. I
imagine this is like that as a precaution, kinda like the way you have to
give three thumbs downs and enter before you reset all your TiVo data. But,
iirc, this is fdisk that does this, not format.com.

Ray at work

"Marty List" <Bill.Gates@sun.com> wrote in message
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>
>
> "Mike Sampson" <msam@hfx.eastlink.ca> wrote in message
> news:007601c3998e$da2b1c50$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> > I'm trying to format my lil' cousins computer to reinstall
> > Windows 98 which he had, inplace of Win2000 that the
> > computer can with ~ I'm extracted the format.com and I've
> > tried whipping it but when I enter format C: /s
> > It keeps telling me to; now enter the current label for
> > the C drive:
> >
> > how do I know what this value is ?
>
>
> FORMAT is just asking you what you want the new label to be, it doesn't
> matter what you type. Just hit enter and it will be blank, or type a
> friendly name like "lil cousin" or "whipping it".
>
>
>

Ray at

10-23-2003, 08:02 PM

Marty List

10-23-2003, 10:47 PM

"Ray at <%=sLocation%>" <myfirstname at lane34 dot com> wrote in message
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> I've seen it before where you have to enter the current label name. I
> imagine this is like that as a precaution, kinda like the way you have to
> give three thumbs downs and enter before you reset all your TiVo data.
But,
> iirc, this is fdisk that does this, not format.com.
>
> Ray at work
>
> "Marty List" <Bill.Gates@sun.com> wrote in message
> news:bn98d2$v8n7g$1@ID-172409.news.uni-berlin.de...
> >
> >
> > "Mike Sampson" <msam@hfx.eastlink.ca> wrote in message
> > news:007601c3998e$da2b1c50$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> > > I'm trying to format my lil' cousins computer to reinstall
> > > Windows 98 which he had, inplace of Win2000 that the
> > > computer can with ~ I'm extracted the format.com and I've
> > > tried whipping it but when I enter format C: /s
> > > It keeps telling me to; now enter the current label for
> > > the C drive:
> > >
> > > how do I know what this value is ?
> >
> >
> > FORMAT is just asking you what you want the new label to be, it doesn't
> > matter what you type. Just hit enter and it will be blank, or type a
> > friendly name like "lil cousin" or "whipping it".
> >
> >
> >

I've seen FDISK ask for the volume name, but never FORMAT.

Marty List

10-23-2003, 10:47 PM

Wadester

10-24-2003, 05:17 AM

Marty List wrote:
>
> "Ray at <%=sLocation%>" <myfirstname at lane34 dot com> wrote in
> message news:ujwMzgZmDHA.2732@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> I've seen it before where you have to enter the current label name.
>> I imagine this is like that as a precaution, kinda like the way you
>> have to give three thumbs downs and enter before you reset all your
>> TiVo data.
> But,
>> iirc, this is fdisk that does this, not format.com.
>>
>> Ray at work
>>
>> "Marty List" <Bill.Gates@sun.com> wrote in message
>> news:bn98d2$v8n7g$1@ID-172409.news.uni-berlin.de...
>>>
>>>
>>> "Mike Sampson" <msam@hfx.eastlink.ca> wrote in message
>>> news:007601c3998e$da2b1c50$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>>>> I'm trying to format my lil' cousins computer to reinstall
>>>> Windows 98 which he had, inplace of Win2000 that the
>>>> computer can with ~ I'm extracted the format.com and I've
>>>> tried whipping it but when I enter format C: /s
>>>> It keeps telling me to; now enter the current label for
>>>> the C drive:
>>>>
>>>> how do I know what this value is ?
>>>
>>>
>>> FORMAT is just asking you what you want the new label to be, it
>>> doesn't matter what you type. Just hit enter and it will be blank,
>>> or type a friendly name like "lil cousin" or "whipping it".
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
> I've seen FDISK ask for the volume name, but never FORMAT.

That contradicts what you just posted. :)

I believe if you use FDISK to delete a partition, it will prompt you to
type in the current volume name.

ws

Wadester

10-24-2003, 05:17 AM

Ray at

10-24-2003, 03:42 PM

Isn't that what we all said?

Ray at work

"Wadester" <null@devnull.net> wrote in message
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> That contradicts what you just posted. :)
>
> I believe if you use FDISK to delete a partition, it will prompt you to
> type in the current volume name.
>
> ws
>
>

Ray at

10-24-2003, 03:42 PM

Marty List

10-24-2003, 03:47 PM

"Wadester" <null@devnull.net> wrote in message
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>
> That contradicts what you just posted. :)
>
> I believe if you use FDISK to delete a partition, it will prompt you to
> type in the current volume name.
>
> ws
>
>

You missed the point. I agree that later versions of FDISK will prompt for
the volume name. But we are discussing whether or not the FORMAT command
ever asks for the volume name as a confirmation before wiping out any data.
What I meant was "I've seen FDISK prompt for the volume name before the
operation, but never FORMAT. I've only seen FORMAT prompt for the new
volume name after the format."

The OP thought he had to type the existing label, I'm saying he can just
type anything as the new label. Hopefully by now he's typed something and
he's not still sitting there at the label prompt!

Marty List

10-24-2003, 03:47 PM