02 May 2010
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Format
Format - A command-line utility included in Microsoft DOS, IBM OS/2 and Microsoft Windows operating systems. The command will perform the following actions by default on a floppy drive, hard drive, solid-states (USB), or other magnetic medium. It will not perform this function on optical media.