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Configure and manage file systems.
Convert from one file system to another
file system.
Disk Management, is a graphical tool
for managing disks and volumes. It supports
partitions, logical drives, new dynamic
volumes, and remote disk management. To open
Disk Management, click Start, point to
Settings, click Control Panel, double-click
Administrative Tools, and then double-click
Computer Management. In the console tree
under Storage, click Disk Management.
Format command
In Windows 2000 the format command creates a
new root directory and file system for the
disk. It can also check for bad areas on the
disk, and it can delete all data on the
disk. For Windows 2000 to be able to use a
new disk, you must first use this command to
format the disk.
You must have Administrator rights to format
a hard disk.
When you use the format command to format a
hard disk, Windows 2000 displays a message
of the following form before attempting to
format the hard disk:
WARNING, ALL DATA ON non removable DISK
DRIVE x: WILL BE LOST!
Proceed with Format (Y/N)?_
format volume [/fs:file-system] [/v:label]
[/q]
volume:
Specifies the mount point, volume name, or
drive letter of the drive you want to
format.
/fs:file-system
Specifies the file system to use, FAT,
FAT32, or NTFS. Floppy disks can use only
the FAT file system.
/v:label
Specifies the volume label.
/q
You can speed up the formatting process by
using the /q switch. Use this switch only if
there are no bad sectors on your hard disk.
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