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  • So Where Is "format" On A WinME Startup Disk

    I downloaded a WinME startup disk to fdisk and format large drives. It works.

    I told someone on another forum how I set up a 90GB RAID array with it, and they are like "it can't be cause there is no format file on the ME startup disk."

    Could be as I have never seen a real ME startup disk or ME for that matter. So I look and sure enough, no format file on my ME startup disk.

    But I know it works, cause I've used it. I can even go to a DOS prompt, get to the A drive, type format c: and it asks are you sure?

    So is this like magic? Where is "format" hidden?
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    The 98 & Me startup disks create a ram disk to unpack compressed utilities onto.
    Perhaps it is there.
    chuck
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    • #3
      Good point, cjolley. I didn't think about that one.......

      MSI K7D Master L, Water Cooled, All SCSI
      Modded XP2000's @ 1800 (12.5 x 144 FSB)
      512MB regular Crucial PC2100
      Matrox P
      X15 36-LP Cheetahs In RAID 0
      LianLiPC70

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      • #4
        A:\>EXTRACT EBD.CAB FORMAT.COM /E

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