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by wjgiunta

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How do I get to the command prompt with XP?
I want to format an external EIDE hard drive in the FAT-32 Format, to allow my desktop with XP and my laptop with 98se to use a common external hard drive. I could use some help. Thanks.

Bill Giunta

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by johnm

Go to Start, park on All Programs at the lower left of the menu until it opens, run up to Accessories and park until that menu opens and select the Command Prompt icon.

by thechas

If XP recognizes the hardware, you should be able to format the drive in fat32 mode from the disk management console.

Disk management is located under administrative tools, computer management.

That is where you will also find the defragment tool.

Chas

by steve merrill

Just an addition to an earlier answer: if you go to run and type command, you get an older command prompt that's limited to the 8.3 format. However, if you type cmd, you get what you would get in the accessories menu, with full names.

by pocono

Although it is true that if you go to start, run, cmd.exe, you will get a command prompt window. However, this is not true DOS and you will not be able to accomplish formatting this way.
I agree with Chas, do the partitioning and formatting through the disk management...Peace...

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