Thursday, July 15, 2010

Format Your Pen drive With Dos commands

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(format with DOS commands)

 
Step 1:
Open the DOS prompt (Start >> Run >> cmd)


Step 2: 

Type:
FORMAT X: /FS:FAT32 /Q /V:PenDrive
This will reformat the Pen drive, using the FAT32 file system, and label the drive PenDrive. 

Step 3: 

Replace X: with the actual drive letter of your Pen Drive.For more help on this command, 

 type: FORMAT /?
In the above command
X specifies "Force the volume dismount if necessary"
Q specifies "Quick format"
V specifies "Volume label"



6 comments:

  1. thanks you alot my friend. I need some more interesting DOS techiques.

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  2. but error in loctl call occur.....

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  3. @pawan: If the device is not corrupted you dont see any such error messages

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  4. Insert new disk for drive G:
    and press ENTER when ready...
    The type of the file system is FAT32.
    QuickFormatting 3935M
    Cannot format. This volume is write protected.

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