The Format utility stops immediately when it detects
that a drive can??™t meet the number of cluster requirements using the specified cluster size.
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/F:size Specifies the size of the floppy disk to format. The default setting is 1.44 MB. You can
specify this value as 1,440, 1,440k, 1,440kb, 1.44, 1.44m, or 1.44mb. The Format utility will also
format 720 KB floppies. None of the Microsoft documentation specifies whether the utility formats
2.88 MB floppies. Theoretically, you can also format the very old 51?4-inch floppies with
sizes of 640 KB and 1.2 MB. Use this option, whenever possible, instead of the /T and /N
command line switches.
/T:tracks Specifies the number of tracks per side of the disk.
/N:sectors Specifies the number of sectors per track.
The format command provides a number of exit codes that you can use when working with
batch files. The following list describes each of the exit codes.
0 The format completed successfully.
1 The format failed because you provided incorrect arguments.
4 A fatal error occurred. For example, the utility couldn??™t format the drive because the system
has it locked for use.
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