Hello Brian, Tuesday, January 24, 2012, 10:13:02 AM, you wrote: > What is the command for Format C: ? FORMAT∆target:∆switches The delta represents a space. (This is the way that Compaq wrote their instruction manuals). EG: FORMAT∆D:∆/s∆/v will fortmatD: drive adding system files and will ask for a volume label. I am quoting from a DOS 6.2 manual and a lot of the switches could be redundant now as they apply to floppies. -- Best regards, Robin Johnston Communications Officer and Web Master http://www.pwguild.org.au/ Peninsula Woodturners Guild Inc mailto: webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx