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Chapter
6 /
Command
Reference
HFORMAT External
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HFORMAT [drive][lS][lV][lB]
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Prepares
a
hard
disk
for
use and, optionally, makes
it
an
operat-
ing system disk by
writing
the
system files to it. The
hard
disk
can
be either
blank
or already formatted when you enter
the
HFORMAT command.
If
the
disk is already formatted,
all
infor-
mation on
it
is erased when you reformat.
Parameters
drive is a drive specification of
C:
or greater.
If
you omit the
drive, HFORMAT uses Drive
C.
IS
causes HFORMAT to
copy
the
hidden system files
and
COMMAND.COM from
the
MS-DOS system disk
in
Drive A to
the
hard
disk after
it
is formatted. This makes
the
newly format-
ted
disk a system disk.
IV
causes HFORMAT to prompt
for
a volume label after
the
disk
is formatted.
If
you use
this
parameter,
you
can enter a label of
a
maximum
of
11
characters, or you can press
[ENTER
I to bypass
the
prompt.
IB causes HFORMAT to prompt
for
information
it
needs to lock
out flawed
areas
on
the
hard
disk
so
that
MS-DOS never
writes
to them. (Having a small number of flawed
areas
is not
uncommon.)
Notes
and
Suggestions
• Appendix D outlines
the
entire
hard
disk
setup
procedure.
Refer to
this
appendix as necessary when
setting
up your
hard
disk.
• Before you
can
store information on a
hard
disk, you
must
prepare
it
using
HFORMAT.
During
formatting, you have
the
option of transferring
the
system files to
the
hard
disk, mak-
ing
it
a system disk. System files can only be
transferred
using
HFORMAT
IS.
Type cOP Y
A:
*.*
c:
I
ENTER
I to
copy
all
other files from your system diskette to your
hard
disk.
• Immediately after you enter
the
HFORMAT command, HFOR-
MAT
displays a message such as:
Press
any
key
to
begin
formatting
drive
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