Were can I learn about Formating HHD's

[Jeanine]

I am always having problem with HHD's can anyone tell me how I could learn how to formating HHD's for set up Batch files, Autoexec.bat and config.sys. Is there a good book or schooling software etc.
Thanks a lot Jeanine.

[Bob-NB]

Hi Jeanine. You can find some discussions by searching the previous posts ("search" in the upper right corner).

This was one thread: www.sysopt.com/forum/Forum1/HTML/000682.html (http://www.sysopt.com/forum/Forum1/HTML/000682.html)

In it BBA said:
You first have to be operating the PC from a source other than the drive you want to format. This can be another hard drive or a floppy disk.
All you need to format with is a bootable disk that has the 'FORMAT.COM' file copied to it.

You might want CD drivers on the floppy also so that you can reload the OS from a CD.

After booting the PC, from the command prompt you type " FORMAT /s /c C: " ( if the C drive is the one being formatted )
This will also test/verify/recover any sectors that may be marked bad and are not bad (thats what the '/c' does). This will also make the disk bootable ( the '/s' tells it to copy system files to the formatted disk).

Additional information is available in this thread from another source with BBA again commenting:

www.hostclub.net/ubb/Forum1/HTML/000235.html (http://www.hostclub.net/ubb/Forum1/HTML/000235.html)

You can get a bootdisk with CD support from:

www.bootdisk.com (http://www.bootdisk.com)

this eliminates the need to make your own boot disk, but as you can see, you can also build your own.

A good source of DOS information, including formating information is available here:

log.on.ca/users/rhwatson/dos7/ (http://log.on.ca/users/rhwatson/dos7/)

and also here:

honeybee.helsinki.fi/manual/MSDOS/FORMAT (http://honeybee.helsinki.fi/manual/MSDOS/FORMAT)

Since all formatting must be done in DOS these should be of help in the learning process.

Additionally, here are some reference sources for any other questions:

www.currents.net/resources/dictionary/ (http://www.currents.net/resources/dictionary/)

also this:

wombat.doc.ic.ac.uk/foldoc/index.html (http://wombat.doc.ic.ac.uk/foldoc/index.html)


and this great link to links: Virtual Comp Library

www.utexas.edu/computer/vcl/comptech.html (http://www.utexas.edu/computer/vcl/comptech.html)

Hope that these help in your quest.

PS: I nearly forgot a very good one:

http://www.whatis.com/




[This message has been edited by Bob-NB (edited 10-05-99).]

[Titan]

Sorry, double post.

[This message has been edited by Titan (edited 10-05-99).]

[Titan]

www.windows-help.net (http://www.windows-help.net)
www.fdisk.com (http://www.fdisk.com)

Both of these sites have some good info.