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6. Press Y to use the entire hard disk for MS-DOS and press Enter. The screen displays the following message and prompt: System will now restart Insert DOS diskette in drive A: Press any key when ready . . . 7. Press any key to restart the system (the MS-DOS diskette is already in drive A). Your computer begins reloading MS-DOS. After the preliminary copyright information displays on the screen, the date prompt displays. 8. Press Enter twice to accept the date and time shown. The system now recognizes the MS-DOS partition and the A > prompt redisplays. Formatting the MS-DOS Partition Once you have created the MS-DOS partition, you must format it for MS-DOS. You use the SELECT command, which automatically does the following: l Formats the MS-DOS partition l Labels the root directory l Copies the MS-DOS system files to the hard disk. After you have done this, MS-DOS boots automatically from the hard disk every time you turn on or reset your computer. (See Chapter 3 for a complete description of the reset function.) Follow these steps to format the MS-DOS partition: 1. Insert the working copy of your MS-DOS system diskette in drive A (if it is not there already). 2. At the A> prompt, type the following and press Enter: SELECT C: 001 US Preparing a Hard Disk for Use 2-3

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6.
Press Y to use the entire hard disk for MS-DOS and press
Enter.
The screen displays the following message and
prompt:
System
will now restart
Insert DOS diskette in drive A:
Press any key when ready . . .
7.
Press any key to restart the system (the MS-DOS diskette
is already in drive A). Your computer begins reloading
MS-DOS. After the preliminary copyright information
displays on the screen, the date prompt displays.
8.
Press
Enter
twice to accept the date and time shown.
The system now recognizes the MS-DOS partition and the
A > prompt redisplays.
Formatting the MS-DOS Partition
Once you have created the MS-DOS partition, you must
format it for MS-DOS. You use the SELECT command, which
automatically does the following:
l
Formats the MS-DOS partition
l
Labels the root directory
l
Copies the MS-DOS system files to the hard disk.
After you have done this, MS-DOS boots automatically
from the hard disk every time you turn on or reset your
computer. (See Chapter 3 for a complete description of the
reset function.)
Follow these steps to format the MS-DOS partition:
1.
Insert the working copy of your MS-DOS system diskette
in drive A (if it is not there already).
2.
At the A> prompt, type the following and press
Enter:
SELECT C: 001 US
Preparing a Hard Disk for Use
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