Formatting a floppy using the system command

[Kenneth Brody]

Quoting Don Coleman (Fri, 4 Nov 2005 15:25:43 -0500):
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> System "format a: & pause"  and get 'format' is not recognized as an
> internal or external command, operable program or batch file (from
> Windows)

Is the "format" executable in the path?

> System "C:/windows/system32/format a: & pause" yields
> Createprocess() failed 2(0x00000002)
> Comspec=""
> Command=C:\windows\system32\format a: & pause"
> Press Enter:

Is "c:\windows\system32\format" the correct path?

> What am I doing wrong?

Pure guess:  PATHEXT does not list ".com" as an option, and so it will
not execute "format.com".

What if you system "format.com a: & pause"?

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