IIRC, you just use FORMAT without the /Q switch.
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On Jul 13, 2019, 7:29 PM, HTV04 . wrote:
> Too late for that, haha.
>
> How do I force a full format like the installer would do, though?
>
> On Sat, Jul 13, 2019 at 7:27 PM Dale E Sterner <sunbeam...@juno.com> wrote:
>
>> One thought, you could replace your c: drive with
>> a cf chip from Komputerbay on Amazon. Just
>> pull out the old hard drive and replace it with an
>> IDE adapter and cf chip. You can save your old
>> c: drive so can get back your old system by
>> just plugging it back in, if you ever want 98 back.
>>
>> cheers
>> DS
>>
>> On Sat, 13 Jul 2019 07:19:59 -0400 "HTV04 ." <htv04ru...@gmail.com>
>> writes:
>>> I would like to do a clean install of FreeDOS though, and makes sure
>>> the C:
>>> partition is completely wiped by doing a full format on it and
>>> reinstalling
>>> FreeDOS.
>>>
>>> On Sat, Jul 13, 2019 at 7:17 AM Eric Auer <e.a...@jpberlin.de>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> >
>>> > Hi!
>>> >
>>> > Actually if YOU have no problem with Windows 98 files
>>> > still being on your FreeDOS C: drive, then there is no
>>> > need to format, partition or delete anything. Of course
>>> > you are free to use the normal DOS commands to delete
>>> > those files which you no longer need. You could even
>>> > install a boot manager and make Win98 and DOS available
>>> > as boot time choices, with some additional tricks.
>>> >
>>> > I think Mercury assumed that you had problems booting
>>> > DOS after installing and that you wanted to completely
>>> > get rid of all other operating systems and data on the
>>> > disk, so he gave you the steps for that.
>>> >
>>> > Regards, Eric
>>> >
>>> > > Thanks for advice! I don’t want to mess with my current
>>> partitions
>>> > though.
>>> > > Is there a way I can just format the existing C: partition (with
>>> the
>>> > format
>>> > > command)?
>>> > >
>>> > > And should I do this from the CD-ROM? If so, how?
>>> >
>>> >
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>>> --
>>> Sincerely,
>>> HTV04
>>
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