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[usman.sialkot]

HI peoples!!!  

I want to create a batch file that when i click on it i format my USB drive easily.

I usually create bath file by going to notepad.

For formating the USB dirve i opened the notepad and typed

format I:

and saved it as format.bat. But when i cliked on it, the Dos asked for

confermation that r u sure to format.

so what would be the compleat code for foramting the USB by simply

clicking the batch file.

Thank you!

[Skitz]

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@echo off
FORMAT /X /FS:FAT32 /Q /V:USB I:
That should do the trick. There is no way around pressing enter, >yes won't work either since it doesn't even ask to confirm...

[Geek-9pm]

WOW! that  is amazing.  To get it to work without even hitting a key, have it take input from a  file with a single char. Make a  text file with just the letter 'Y' in it and save it as 'YES' and then put this on the end of the command.
>YES
 

[usman.sialkot]

and then put this on the end of the command.
>YES

i tried this last line but i didnt work. Would you please explain this in detail

i have made text file on desktop and then typed Yes in it and saved it as

YES. then i edit the batch file and typed

>yes on the last line and then save it .....

but it's still asking me for and press ENTER when ready

[Skitz]

The code I supplied doesn't request you to answer yes or no. You must press enter to start the format. Geek-9pm has made a mistake, >YES simply won't work.

[Sidewinder]

The code I supplied doesn't request you to answer yes or no. You must press enter to start the format. Geek-9pm has made a mistake, >YES simply won't work. As I stated before, there is no way around it.

You can input the enter key by using the pipe:

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@echo off
ECHO. | FORMAT /X /FS:FAT32 /Q /V:USB I:

Maybe it's just me, but when running destructive programs, I prefer to use the command line where I can see what I'm doing. 

[usman.sialkot]

Sidewinder you are genius all i can say

Thank you very much.God bless you   

[Skitz]

Years of experience with DOS and I couldn't think of something that simple. Having OCD is really annoying, since it causes complex thinking patterns, I never seem to be able to see simple things. It also makes you think that a lot of things are impossible, hence me saying "There is no way around it". Nice, sidewinder.

[Geek-9pm]

Hwy, that is cool.  Using a pipe with echo. Never would have thought of that!
As to may missnaake..era ahh mistook.. You know what I mean.

and then put this on the end of the command.
>YES

YES is a text file named YES, but not YES.TXT and it has only cone char. For me a letter Y would do, but if your system has to have ENTER, then one blank line. I have been using that for yeas in DOS  commands where you press any key or the letter Y.
Oh well, the Echo pipe is much more elegant and I like it better.

[Sidewinder]

Oh well, the Echo pipe is much more elegant and I like it better

Unfortunately, the pipe is only helpful for a single input. Geek was right about redirection except the direction of the redirection was misdirected    Redirection works provided the contents of the response file are synchronized to the prompts:

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FORMAT /X /FS:FAT32 /Q I: < YES

The YES file would contain:

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USB

The first line (blank) responds to:

Insert new disk for drive I:
and press ENTER when ready... The type of the file system is FAT32

The second line responds to:

Volume label (11 characters, ENTER for none)?

One technique would be to have the batch file create the response file ahead of running the utility:

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echo.>YES
echo USB>>YES
format /X /FS:FAT32 /Q I: < YES

 

[ALAN_BR]

Maybe it's just me, but when running destructive programs, I prefer to use the command line where I can see what I'm doing. 

I agree.

Caution -
Is I:\ always going to be the USB drive that needs formatting ?
If this batch file is launched when a relative's IPOD is plugged in, could they lose all their music ?
(Same with a friend's IPOD, except they won't remain friends !!!)

Regards
Alan