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Microsoft => Microsoft DOS => Topic started by: help please on August 16, 2004, 02:28:48 PM
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i created a floppy bootable disk and when i want to restart and setup it it says A:> something and it waits until i type something!I know that i need to type format a:/s but it says bad command name something,what am i doing wrong???help please!!!
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if you are trying to transfer your files from the boot floppy to the hard drive the command at the a:\>sys c:
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You have me a little confused with what you've written.
You say that you've already created a bootable floppy. Insert that floppy into floppy drive A: and boot the system. It should then display a command prompt A:> which is its way of asking what command you'd like to execute next. So yes, it's going to wait for you to give it a command.
You create a bootable floppy from a DOS environment or from a DOS window by typing the command
FORMAT A: /s
This writes a system to the floppy so that when you reboot it boots to the floppy rather than the C: drive.
Do things work now?
Regards Chris C.