davidgraham16
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Hi
I have picked up various bits of knowledge from the internet on formatting prior to a clean install. I even successfully implemented the advice. However, I would like someone to further explain some of the tricks I used:
1. I used the command A:\>Format C /s and not just A:\>Format C
Can anyone tell me why I did this? whats the purpose of the /s?
2. I was supposed to use FDISK - before the format (I think?)
However, this only produced a message "the disc is already partitioned" so I ignored this bit and everything was OK. Why did I get advice about FDISK, I didn't seem to need it?
thanks for any replies
David
I have picked up various bits of knowledge from the internet on formatting prior to a clean install. I even successfully implemented the advice. However, I would like someone to further explain some of the tricks I used:
1. I used the command A:\>Format C /s and not just A:\>Format C
Can anyone tell me why I did this? whats the purpose of the /s?
2. I was supposed to use FDISK - before the format (I think?)
However, this only produced a message "the disc is already partitioned" so I ignored this bit and everything was OK. Why did I get advice about FDISK, I didn't seem to need it?
thanks for any replies
David