Question : Problem: How to reformat Hard Drive?

Hi guys,

Just a short question, but I suspect a fairly complex answer - hey, I could be wrong!

After an incredibly long and drawn out process of trying to get WIN 95 to reinstall, without success, I have been instructed by my remote technician that the only option now available to me is to reformat the hard drive, reinstall the system and start with a clean slate.

Sounds simple, but what I need to know in a hurry is, how exactly do I reformat the hard drive?  

Hope someone can help out with some simple instructions(?).

Thanks for your help

Sha

Answer : Problem: How to reformat Hard Drive?

geeez,
all she wanted to know was how to reformat her hard drive to reinstall windows, sometimes i thing the answers over complicate simple requests...


Sha,
at a dos prompt (not a windows dos prompt) type the following as was mentioned earler by rmarotta...

format /u /s c:
format = format the hard drive
/u       = unconditionaly (will as it implies, completly erase the dard drive)
/s       = copys system files to the hard drive after formating so hard drive is bootable
c:       = the hard drive (or partition) u want formated
when prompted ... are u really sure, say yes.
good luck

Shep