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Ricky
I want to format my slave drive to erase all contents and i want to do it cmd
you know th commands to do the task?
you know th commands to do the task?
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'69 Camaro
Hi, Ricky.
Depending upon how you have your computer configured, you may not even be
able to do this from the DOS Shell while Windows is running. For ease of
use, we use a third party disk management utility to boot the computer into
DOS and reformat or repartition the slave drive. I would suggest consulting
the Windows News Group for their advice, because this News Group is for
Microsoft Access, the database application from Microsoft Office.
Explain the problems you have been experiencing so that the advice they give
you is relevant to your situation.
HTH.
Gunny
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Depending upon how you have your computer configured, you may not even be
able to do this from the DOS Shell while Windows is running. For ease of
use, we use a third party disk management utility to boot the computer into
DOS and reformat or repartition the slave drive. I would suggest consulting
the Windows News Group for their advice, because this News Group is for
Microsoft Access, the database application from Microsoft Office.
Explain the problems you have been experiencing so that the advice they give
you is relevant to your situation.
HTH.
Gunny
See http://www.QBuilt.com for all your database needs.
See http://www.Access.QBuilt.com for Microsoft Access tips.
(Please remove ZERO_SPAM from my reply E-mail address, so that a message
will be forwarded to me.)
V
Van T. Dinh
If you use Windows XP, you can use the Disk Management module of the "System
Management" Program (par of OS) to format the drive. You can even delete /
re-create the partition and then format if you like.
Check WinXP Help / your WinXP book for more info..
If you still can't, try re-posting to one of the Win OS newsgroup as this
newsgroup is for Microsoft Access, a database application.
Management" Program (par of OS) to format the drive. You can even delete /
re-create the partition and then format if you like.
Check WinXP Help / your WinXP book for more info..
If you still can't, try re-posting to one of the Win OS newsgroup as this
newsgroup is for Microsoft Access, a database application.
6
'69 Camaro
Hi, Van.
FYI, there's a gotcha with slave drives. If Windows XP detects an operating
system on the slave drive (i.e., a boot partition), then Windows XP won't
allow formatting of the slave drive, not even from the Disk Management
module. I suspect this is why Ricky was trying to format it from the
command line. However, Windows XP won't allow formatting of the slave drive
that way, either, which is why I mentioned in my earlier post: "Depending
upon how you have your computer configured, you may not even be able to do
this from the DOS Shell while Windows is running."
HTH.
Gunny
See http://www.QBuilt.com for all your database needs.
See http://www.Access.QBuilt.com for Microsoft Access tips.
(Please remove ZERO_SPAM from my reply E-mail address, so that a message
will be forwarded to me.)
If you use Windows XP, you can use the Disk Management module of the "System
Management" Program (par of OS) to format the drive.
FYI, there's a gotcha with slave drives. If Windows XP detects an operating
system on the slave drive (i.e., a boot partition), then Windows XP won't
allow formatting of the slave drive, not even from the Disk Management
module. I suspect this is why Ricky was trying to format it from the
command line. However, Windows XP won't allow formatting of the slave drive
that way, either, which is why I mentioned in my earlier post: "Depending
upon how you have your computer configured, you may not even be able to do
this from the DOS Shell while Windows is running."
HTH.
Gunny
See http://www.QBuilt.com for all your database needs.
See http://www.Access.QBuilt.com for Microsoft Access tips.
(Please remove ZERO_SPAM from my reply E-mail address, so that a message
will be forwarded to me.)
6
'69 Camaro
Hi, Van.
FYI, there's a gotcha with slave drives. If Windows XP detects an operating
system loaded on the slave drive (i.e., a boot partition), then Windows XP
will not allow the slave drive to be formatted, even if one is using the
Disk Management module. I suspect this is why Ricky was trying to format
the slave drive from the command line. However, Windows XP will not allow
the slave drive to be formatted this way, either, which is why I mentioned
in my earlier post: "Depending upon how you have your computer configured,
you may not even be able to do this from the DOS Shell while Windows is
running."
HTH.
Gunny
See http://www.QBuilt.com for all your database needs.
See http://www.Access.QBuilt.com for Microsoft Access tips.
(Please remove ZERO_SPAM from my reply E-mail address, so that a message
will be forwarded to me.)
If you use Windows XP, you can use the Disk Management module of the "System
Management" Program (par of OS) to format the drive.
FYI, there's a gotcha with slave drives. If Windows XP detects an operating
system loaded on the slave drive (i.e., a boot partition), then Windows XP
will not allow the slave drive to be formatted, even if one is using the
Disk Management module. I suspect this is why Ricky was trying to format
the slave drive from the command line. However, Windows XP will not allow
the slave drive to be formatted this way, either, which is why I mentioned
in my earlier post: "Depending upon how you have your computer configured,
you may not even be able to do this from the DOS Shell while Windows is
running."
HTH.
Gunny
See http://www.QBuilt.com for all your database needs.
See http://www.Access.QBuilt.com for Microsoft Access tips.
(Please remove ZERO_SPAM from my reply E-mail address, so that a message
will be forwarded to me.)
6
'69 Camaro
Sorry about the extra post. My connection to the News Group server crashed
when I sent the first message, so I closed and reopened my news reader. The
first message never showed up in the News Group or in my "Sent" folder,
either, so I rewrote it and sent it a second time. Both messages showed up
a few minutes later, so the first one must have been sitting in my cache for
a while.
Gunny
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See http://www.Access.QBuilt.com for Microsoft Access tips.
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will be forwarded to me.)
when I sent the first message, so I closed and reopened my news reader. The
first message never showed up in the News Group or in my "Sent" folder,
either, so I rewrote it and sent it a second time. Both messages showed up
a few minutes later, so the first one must have been sitting in my cache for
a while.
Gunny
See http://www.QBuilt.com for all your database needs.
See http://www.Access.QBuilt.com for Microsoft Access tips.
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will be forwarded to me.)
V
Van T. Dinh
Thanks, Gunny.
My Windows XP book did not mention about this but it is not something I do
everyday.
--
HTH
Van T. Dinh
MVP (Access)
My Windows XP book did not mention about this but it is not something I do
everyday.
--
HTH
Van T. Dinh
MVP (Access)
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Van T. Dinh said:Thanks, Gunny.
My Windows XP book did not mention about this but it is not something I do
everyday.
--
HTH
Van T. Dinh
MVP (Access)
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6
'69 Camaro
Hi, Van.
Few of us do. However, some of our computers are set up for testing our
client's configurations, so our slave drives are all bootable.
Occasionally, we need to reformat the slave drive and load a different
configuration, but we found that we can't do this while Windows XP is
running, so we're using the third-party disk management software to do so.
HTH.
Gunny
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See http://www.Access.QBuilt.com for Microsoft Access tips.
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it is not something I do
everyday.
Few of us do. However, some of our computers are set up for testing our
client's configurations, so our slave drives are all bootable.
Occasionally, we need to reformat the slave drive and load a different
configuration, but we found that we can't do this while Windows XP is
running, so we're using the third-party disk management software to do so.
HTH.
Gunny
See http://www.QBuilt.com for all your database needs.
See http://www.Access.QBuilt.com for Microsoft Access tips.
(Please remove ZERO_SPAM from my reply E-mail address, so that a message
will be forwarded to me.)