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Microsoft => Microsoft DOS => Topic started by: zer0h on January 24, 2006, 08:04:25 PM

Title: C drive help
Post by: zer0h on January 24, 2006, 08:04:25 PM

DOS command to delete C drive? Anyone know?

Title: Re: C drive help
Post by: Fed on January 24, 2006, 09:25:00 PM

http://www.computerhope.com/delhlp.htm#01
But you can't delete c: from c:.
You will need to do it from a boot disk.

Title: Re: C drive help
Post by: zer0h on January 24, 2006, 09:29:01 PM

Agh, somebody told me that there was a way to erase the entire C drive.

Title: Re: C drive help
Post by: Fed on January 24, 2006, 10:10:35 PM

There is, but you can't do it from c: just as you can't pull yourself up by your shoelaces.

Title: Re: C drive help
Post by: zer0h on January 24, 2006, 10:33:28 PM

how??

Title: Re: C drive help
Post by: uli_glueck on January 24, 2006, 11:10:44 PM

Boot from a Dos Bootdisk:

type fdisk /mbr
type fdisk erase partition c:
create a new partition c:
format this partition with format

then c: is deleted and a new partition c is created.
FAT 16.

uli

Title: Re: C drive help
Post by: Fed on January 25, 2006, 12:09:07 AM

Get a firm grip on your shoelaces, jump in the air & pull up hard.(http://www.comcen.com.au/~fed/crazy.gif)

Title: Re: C drive help
Post by: GX1_Man on January 25, 2006, 02:57:09 PM

LOL. That made my day!  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Title: Re: C drive help
Post by: zer0h on January 25, 2006, 04:36:00 PM

Ok, DEL command to erase all neccesary system files?  :-?

Title: Re: C drive help
Post by: Fed on January 25, 2006, 04:42:06 PM

Tell us what you are trying to do?
A re-install?
Disposing of the HD?

Title: Re: C drive help
Post by: zer0h on January 25, 2006, 05:54:55 PM

lol
>_>
<_<
hard to explain,

Keep my regular files and stuff, but delete Windows... possible?

Is anything like that possible?

The thing someone told me to type was del C * :** blah blah C's Del's, and astrix's.... Idk... I forgot it...

<noob, sorry.

Title: Re: C drive help
Post by: Fed on January 25, 2006, 06:01:19 PM

Then you would first have to save the things you want to keep then it's an easy task to do a fresh install of windows.

Title: Re: C drive help
Post by: andcrash1 on January 26, 2006, 08:26:06 AM

i have a similar problem; my computer is royally screwed up and my windows wont start. i would reinstall windows but my hard drive is to full to hold the new version. so i was wonderinbg if there was way to just totally clear a hard drive

Title: Re: C drive help
Post by: andcrash1 on January 26, 2006, 08:27:23 AM

oh and i had the me version if that means anything

Title: Re: C drive help
Post by: Fed on January 26, 2006, 02:19:37 PM

http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000186.htm

Title: Re: C drive help
Post by: GX1_Man on January 26, 2006, 03:08:37 PM

It's an epidemic!  :o :o :o :o :o