Delete command in vista

Feedback will be sent to Microsoft: By pressing the submit button, your feedback will be used to improve Microsoft products and services. Privacy policy. Deletes one or more files. This command performs the same actions as the erase command.

The del command can also run from the Windows Recovery Console, using different parameters. To confirm the deletion, press Y. To cancel the deletion and to display the next file name if you specified a group of files , press N.

However, to avoid deleting files unintentionally, you should use wildcards cautiously. For example, if you type the following command:. Return to General Windows Support. Users browsing this forum: Bing [Bot] and 7 guests. Technology, Support, and News Forum. Select the drive you have Windows Vista installed on, right click it and select Format. A quick format is all you need. Should you get an error message stating that the drive is in use, open My Computer from your Windows XP desktop, right-click the drive containing the Windows Vista installation you wish to remove and format it from there.

Go to the Run dialogue box on your Windows XP or other "legacy" operating system start menu and type "msconfig" without the quotes. Please make certain that you are erasing the correct disk. Items to note: This article will walk through the steps of using the Microsoft Diskpart Erase utility to Clean the disk of a previous partition and format, including any data on the drive.

This command takes only a few minutes to complete. However, this article also applies to any scenario where a Diskpart Erase of an entire disk is necessary. From the Start menu right click on Computer which will provide a drop down menu.

If you are on Windows 8 or 8. Then select Disk Management. Choose Manage. Select Disk Management listed under Storage. Look for the drive that is identified as the 3TB drive GB. The properties window shows that the partition table on the drive is MBR. Important: note the Disk number such as Disk 1. Open a Command Prompt window. Then right click on cmd. It will prompt you with the message, "Do you want to allow the following program to make changes to this computer," click yes.

A black Command Prompt window will open.