[Coco] (Was: OT -- PC needs TWO Shut Downs ) How to format a PC Hard disk

[KnudsenMJ at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/4/06 9:12:35 PM Eastern Daylight Time,  
benbleau at gmail.com writes:


>AFAIK, there were 3 steps required, if you had a real old MFM  controler:

>Step #1 is NOT required with IDE  disks.

>1.   Low Level Format  ( debug, g=c800:5   found here:  

>http://www.alasir.com/books/hards/098-101.html)

>2.    fdisk   , needed to set the partitions

>3.   format  c: /s




OK, now I think it's clear.  You don't format (even high-level or  logically) 
HDs any more.
So the "SYS C:" command is probably the way to get the effect of the "/S"  in 
"FORMAT C: /S" without doing the format.
 
So SYS C: it is, and thanks to everyone for nursing me thru my fading  memory 
cells.  --Mike K.