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Created: 19 Mar 1998 ::: Last updated: 03 May 2007
Applies to:
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Keywords: reformat, partition, format, drive, letter, command, partitioned, hard, logical
By Andy Walker
Question: You recently talked about reformatting a hard drive. Would the DOS command FORMAT C: /S work if you have a partitioned drive? My C drive is three big partitioned drives. So if I type FORMAT C: /S would that just format C and leave the other drives alone? --Blair
Answer: That's right. "Format C: would format the logical drive, not the physical drive," explained Jim Hendy, a systems engineer with KHO & Associates in Vancouver.
"This user appears to have one large drive broken into three partitions. Each partition is assigned a drive letter C:, D:, and E:. Formatting only operates on one logical drive at a time so the remaining two drives will be fine."
