Link just posted a good link? whaHah! Yes format schould be executed from the command prompt, using a boot disk. (a plain bootdisk does not always have format, so you should add it for yourself...) i could send you a copy of a good boot disk, but there are nough sites that offer free downloads for bootdisks for all operating systems. just use google, search for "download win95 free bootdisk" (I think it is best to use win 95, maybe win 98 is doable too?) these sites just giv you a seelf extracting fil, that you schould extract on an empty floppy disk. insert the disk in your old comp and start it up. then type the "format C: /s" line to erase the c drive and make it "system disk" so you can directly boot from it, instead of having to usee a bootfloppy all the time...

sorry for double aa's or ee's or missing ee's my keyboard is a bit whackd up.

~Alex