Commodore PC 20 - Disk Commands; The Format Cqmmand

[I] Make sure that the MS·DOS disk is in drive A.
!1l Make sure that the disk with the investmnt file is in drive B.
IlJ Check to see that your printer is on and has paper.
[1] At the MS·DOS prompt, type the following command:
print b:invest.mnt
[§] Press the RETURN key.
[§] MS· DOS prompts you for the name of the printing device con-
nected to your computer. (This name is usually the communi-
cations port that the printer cable connects to.) Just type the
name, or press the RETURN key to print to the default printer.
If
the master disk is not in drive A, MS·DOS prompts you to insert it
in
the drive.
Hint While a file is being printed, you can type other commands
to MS·DOS. You can even run other programs or create and modify
files. But since
printing a file takes a lot of your computer's
resources, your tasks may take longer if you try to do them while
you are printing a file. So if you have a long file to print, you
might
schedule the printing for when you plan to be away from
your computer.
Disk Commands
This section presents two commands that you use for disks:
format and diskcopy.
The Format Command
When you purchase new disks they are blank and unformatted,
so you must format them before MS· DOS can use them. Formatting
structures a disk so that MS·DOS can find and store information on
it. It also checks the disk for defective spots. You can format a
disk by using
the format command.
To format a blank disk in drive B, you would use the following
command:
format b: Iv
I
I ... and ask for a label .
... on drive B,. ..
Format a disk ...
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Using disk commands