06-03-2008, 03:48 PM
I am always seeing n00bs and even experienced people say this will delete your harddrive -
Well it won't. This on the other hand will-
/S-Delete subdirectories too.
/F-Force Deletion
/Q-Don't prompt or Don't question the user for the deletion to take place.
The * means that you aren't deleting a certain file. You are deleting everything.

Code:
del c:\Well it won't. This on the other hand will-
Code:
del c:\* /S /F /Q/S-Delete subdirectories too.
/F-Force Deletion
/Q-Don't prompt or Don't question the user for the deletion to take place.
The * means that you aren't deleting a certain file. You are deleting everything.
