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

[Rod Barnhart]

On 4/4/06, KnudsenMJ at aol.com <KnudsenMJ at aol.com> wrote:
> In a message dated 4/4/06 10:20:43 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> rod.barnhart at gmail.com writes:
>
> >No  need to format the harddrive if you just need to reset the master  boot
> >record. "fdisk /mbr" will do that without data  loss.
> THAT'S the one I was trying to remember!  I remember a slash and three
> characters.
> So that's what I wanted.
> ISTR that "sys c:" will put the required files on the disk, but you need  the
> "fdisk /mbr c:" (or wherever the C: goes) to make it bootable.
>
No c: required. the command resets the MBR on the first harddrive in
the system. FWIW, the command is rarely required. I've only had to use
it a handful of times to get rid of a pesky boot sector virus that I
couldn't seem to remove any other way.

Yes, sys c: will transfer the system files to c:. If you're formatting
the drive, format c: /s will as well, saving you from having to type
the extra command :)


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Rod Barnhart aka Wintermute (http://www.nitemarecafe.com)