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Setting Up Your System.1, Operating Your System .1

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Chapter 2 SETTING UP YOUR SYSTEM 1 2-1 Motherboard 2 386SX CPU 3 Math Coprocessor 4 Chip Insertion 6 Jumpers 7 Onboard System Memory Size 8 ROM BIOS chips 18 2-2 Installation 19 2-3 Connection to Power Supply 20 Chapter 3 OPERATING YOUR SYSTEM 1 3-1 An lntroduction to DOS 2 Loading DOS 2 System Messages 2 3-2 DOS Operations 3 Starting MS-DOS 3 Formatting Disk 4 Backing up Your Diskettes and Files 5 Deleting Your Diskettes and Files 6 Finding Out What is on Your Disk 7 3-3 Hard Disk Drive Format 8 Step 1 - Preformat 8 Step 2 - Partition 8 Step 3 - Format 9 3-4 Helpful Hints 10 3-5 System Setup Program 11 Entering the Setup Program 12 Running the Setup Program 14 V

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Chapter 2
SETTING UP YOUR SYSTEM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
2-1 Motherboard
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386SX CPU
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Math Coprocessor
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Chip Insertion
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Jumpers
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Onboard System Memory Size
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ROM BIOS chips
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2-2 Installation
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2-3 Connection to Power Supply
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Chapter 3
OPERATING YOUR SYSTEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
3-1 An lntroduction to DOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Loading DOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
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3-2 DOS Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Starting MS-DOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Formatting Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Backing up Your Diskettes and Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Deleting Your Diskettes and Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Finding Out What is on Your Disk
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Hard Disk Drive Format
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Step 1 — Preformat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Step 2 — Partition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Step 3 — Format
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3-4 Helpful Hints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
3-5 System Setup Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Entering the Setup Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Running the Setup Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
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