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                               DOS FORMAT Command                             

          FORMAT [d:] [/1] [/4] [/8] [/B] [/N:#] [/S] [/T:#] [/V]

       d:    Drive to format
       /1    Format single sided 5¬ diskette
       /4    Format 360K diskette in 1.2Mb drive, unreliable on 360k drive
       /8    Format diskette with 8 sectors per track instead of 9/15
       /B    Format diskette 8 sector per track, and reserve space for DOS
       /N:#  Format # sectors per track, must be used with /T (# < disk max)
       /S    Format and copy DOS afterwards to make disk bootable
       /T:#  Format # tracks on disk, must be used with /N  (# < disk max)
       /V    Format and prompt for volume label


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