This may be of use for you.

http://www.killdisk.com/features.htm

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Don
Vancouver, USA



"Greg Forschler" wrote in message
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On Oct 25, 6:15 am, "jkneese" wrote:
Windows / DOS won't let you format the drive that contains the operating
system from that drive. You might try copying Format.com from the
c:\windows\system32 folder onto a floppy drive. From Windows, go to the
command prompt and cd to the a:\ prompt. You might be able to do it that
way, but I'm not 100% sure. Another way is to boot from the Windows setup
CD. You can go as far as the formatting step, then do a Ctrl-C to kill the
installation as soon as the formatting completes.
."Greg Forschler" wrote in message

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I'm trying to wipe the hard drive on an old XP laptop. I have a CD
that boots and after typing wipe it does the job. But the drive on
this machine won't work. So I'm trying to do it from a command line,
but I wasn't exactly sure how. A google search left me with things
like
format /u
format c:
format c: /s
but none of these work, I end up with
Required parameter missing-
or
Invalid parameter - /s

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I don't have the install disc, or a floppy drive on this laptop. I
guess there is no way to erase it then?