Microsoft KB Archive/261488

= Cannot Format Logical Drive from Within Command Window =

Article ID: 261488

Article Last Modified on 1/27/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition

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This article was previously published under Q261488



SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to format a logical drive from within a command window, you receive the following error message:

Invalid Media or Track 0 bad - disk unusable. Formatting Terminated.



WORKAROUND
Format the logical drive by using Windows Explorer. To do so, start My Computer, click the drive you want to format, and then click Format on the File menu.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Keywords: kberrmsg kbprb KB261488

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