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system(&quot;format a:&quot;);<br />
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Formatting a disk is OS specific - there is no standard C call to do this...
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system("format a:");

Formatting a disk is OS specific - there is no standard C call to do this...

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you want to format the floppy using C?<br />
OR <br />
you want to write source code in C for formatting the floppy? // i mean implement the format command ?
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you want to format the floppy using C?
OR
you want to write source code in C for formatting the floppy? // i mean implement the format command ?

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both gj62 and akshayxx are correct...<br />
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However, asuming you are developing this on win32 platform and the &quot;format&quot; executable is in your applications PATH variable you could use a system call to format the drive desired...<br />
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i.e.<br />
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printf(&quot;enter drive letter to format: &quot;);<br />
gets(drive)<br />
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sprintf(command, &quot;format %s&quot;, drive);<br />
system(command);<br />
<br />
...<br />
<br />
this is very specific to win32.. what OS are you using and is this close to what you are trying to do...<br />
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rdest5
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both gj62 and akshayxx are correct...

However, asuming you are developing this on win32 platform and the "format" executable is in your applications PATH variable you could use a system call to format the drive desired...

i.e.

printf("enter drive letter to format: ");
gets(drive)

sprintf(command, "format %s", drive);
system(command);

...

this is very specific to win32.. what OS are you using and is this close to what you are trying to do...

rdest5

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Nothing has happened on this question in more than 9 months. It's time for cleanup!<br />
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My recommendation, which I will post in the Cleanup topic area, is to<br />
accept answer by plushey [grade B] (a hint, not a solution).<br />
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PLEASE DO NOT ACCEPT THIS COMMENT AS AN ANSWER!<br />
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jmcg<br />
EE Cleanup Volunteer
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Nothing has happened on this question in more than 9 months. It's time for cleanup!

My recommendation, which I will post in the Cleanup topic area, is to
accept answer by plushey [grade B] (a hint, not a solution).

PLEASE DO NOT ACCEPT THIS COMMENT AS AN ANSWER!

jmcg
EE Cleanup Volunteer

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dear friends,<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; i want to format floopy disk using c?<br />
please help me.
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dear friends,
            i want to format floopy disk using c?
please help me.

how to format floppy disk using c?

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