Texas Microsystems, Inc. 2003 - Formatting the Hard Disk

2. The following set of options are displayed:
1 Create DOS Partition
2 Change Active Partition
3 Delete DOS Partition
4 Display Partition Information
Enter Choice [11
3. Option 1 is preselected. To create the DOS parti-
tion, press ENTER. To select a different option,
type the number and press ENTER.
4. The following message is displayed:.
"Do you want to use the entire fixed disk for DOS
(Y IN) ?
5. Answer Yes by pressing ENTER. The following mes-
sages are displayed, where xxx is 305 for a 10M
byte hard drive and 611 for a 20M byte drive.
"Total fixed disk space is xxx cyls."
"The current active partition is 1"
6. Return to the A-prompt by preasing the Esc key
twice. The hard disk is partitioned. Continue
with the next phase: formatting the hard disk.
3.2.2 Formatting the Hard Disk
1. To format the hard disk, type: "format c: Is/v"
after the A-prompt and press the ENTER key.
The format command: "format c: la/v" is used to
format drive C. The Is indicates that DOS
system files are to be copied to the hard disk.
DOS system files make it possible to automatically
access the operating system from the hard disk.
The Iv causes the computer to prompt for a
volume label after the disk is formatted.
2. The computer displays a warning message to be sure
that the hard disk (C:)is to be formatted. If Y
(yes) is typed, followed by ENTER, the formatting
process begins. If N (no) is type~, followed by
ENTER, the computer returns to the A-prompt.
CAUTION
When the hard disk is formatted for the
first time, the disk is blank and spaces
are created to accept data. However,
any the hard disk or floppy disk is ~~=
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