kal Posted March 28, 2004 Share Posted March 28, 2004 Windows XP allow us to do a quick format during setup. W2k3 too. But not W2k I was wonderring if it was possible to add this feature ? :/ Or maybe there's a little program in dos mode able to do this...Thanks,Kal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CuBie Posted March 28, 2004 Share Posted March 28, 2004 the only way i can think of doing this is a ) Finding a boot disk that can do quick formatb ) use windows pe.Later,Chris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CuBie Posted March 28, 2004 Share Posted March 28, 2004 Formats a disk for use with Windows XP.FORMAT volume [/FS:file-system][/V:label] [/Q] [/A:size] [/C] [/X]FORMAT volume [/V:label] [/Q] [/F:size]FORMAT volume [/V:label] [/Q] [/T:tracks /N:sectors]FORMAT volume [/V:label] [/Q]FORMAT volume [/Q] volume Specifies the drive letter (followed by a colon), mount point, or volume name. /FS:filesystem Specifies the type of the file system (FAT, FAT32, or NTFS). /V:label Specifies the volume label. /Q Performs a quick format. /C NTFS only: Files created on the new volume will be compressed by default. /X Forces the volume to dismount first if necessary. All opened handles to the volume would no longer be valid. /A:size Overrides the default allocation unit size. Default settings are strongly recommended for general use. NTFS supports 512, 1024, 2048, 4096, 8192, 16K, 32K, 64K. FAT supports 512, 1024, 2048, 4096, 8192, 16K, 32K, 64K, (128K, 256K for sector size > 512 bytes). FAT32 supports 512, 1024, 2048, 4096, 8192, 16K, 32K, 64K, (128K, 256K for sector size > 512 bytes). Note that the FAT and FAT32 files systems impose the following restrictions on the number of clusters on a volume: FAT: Number of clusters <= 65526 FAT32: 65526 < Number of clusters < 4177918 Format will immediately stop processing if it decides that the above requirements cannot be met using the specified cluster size. NTFS compression is not supported for allocation unit sizes above 4096. /F:size Specifies the size of the floppy disk to format (1.44) /T:tracks Specifies the number of tracks per disk side. /N:sectors Specifies the number of sectors per track.C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>' /Q Performs a quick format.'Maybe you can use format /q in dos or the recovery console in setup or somthing?Chris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big_gie Posted March 28, 2004 Share Posted March 28, 2004 this format cannot be run in dos...maybe in recoveryconsole... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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