BIOS call to verify drive C exists

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I'm trying to automatically FDISK and FORMAT a PC from an A drive, as in previous message... Is there a way, once a C drive has been DOS partitioned, but before formatting, that I can verify existance of the C drive through a BIOS call?

I have experimented with "IF EXIST" and "LABEL" commands within my .BAT and .BAT calling .TXT based procedure with no luck...

Thanks! Frank

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: I'm trying to automatically FDISK and FORMAT a PC from an A drive, as in previous message... Is there a way, once a C drive has been DOS partitioned, but before formatting, that I can verify existance of the C drive through a BIOS call?

: I have experimented with "IF EXIST" and "LABEL" commands within my .BAT and .BAT calling .TXT based procedure with no luck...

: Thanks! Frank

Frank,

Have you tried running a Directory on C from your batch file using DIR C: as the DOS command? Would seem to me that you would get error if C not exist, but no error if it did exist, although no files are resident on C. I don't know, just an idea.

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Attempt to switch to C:, if C: exists it should switch. I believe that's what I did last time I redid my computer. I FDisked, rebooted and then switched to C: just to see what would happen before I formatted. I think it let me switch to C: although attempting to run a dir got an error.