the only thing i have is the hard drive no cd or flash or floppy i have :setup 2 hd1 and hd2 the file i downloaded is in c:/download/ and
i setup a file c:/slackeware i want to put the distrubition from c:/download to c:/slackware and put the root disk in c:/slackware/root
and the boot in c:/slackware/boot
i want to install it to g://and make a newfolder g:/slackware
but i need to format G:/ first for linux i can't do any of this because i have no command prompt avaiable
how do i make a file on G: and also format G:/

you can not "install" slack to" c:/slackware"

slackware is NOT a Microsoft program

it is a Operating System just like windows 10,8,7,vista,xp

please READ the instructions for installing a operating system

here is a good read for Slackware install

Slackware installation

you'll actually need to familiarize yourself with the command line and programs that use it. Please Read the Install Instructions it is not like most other "idiot proof" installs like Ubuntutututututu

You can boot an iso or an extracted iso using Grub Legacy or Grub2. You can also boot an iso file from an ntfs filesystem if you have Grub2. Since you seem to have only some unknown windows version, those options obviously aren't available to you. Booting Slackware from a hard drive to install is explained at the link below. Note that the referenced bootloaders are Linux bootloaders.

http://docs.slackware.com/howtos:sla...stall_from_hdd

I'm not sure what the point of creating the different directories for Slackware in your windows partition is?

Your only operating system is windows and a default windows can't format to a Linux filesystem.

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You could install virtual box on your windows OS. and the install linux in a virtual Machine.

https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

I guess it may be possible to add grub loader to windows 10 using bcdedit or some other loader. Maybe grub4dos could be made to boot uefi secure boot. It won't be a newbie task that is for sure.

At one time you could use a command in windows to change from command.com to another instance of linux. Windows can't do that anymore.

One used to be able to run zipslack and maybe still can on some filesytems sort of a umsdos filesystem???

I think the VM idea may be best choice if you don't want to buy a $5 flash drive.

The other way would be to use pxe boot and set up a local networked source to install linux.

Why you are making all these moves and copies defies me too.

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