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Formatting with one diskette drive, Format complete, bytes total disk space, bytes available on disk

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4. When the diskette is completely formatted, you see messages such as these (for a 720KB diskette): Format complete 730112 bytes total disk space 730112 bytes available on disk Format another (Y/N)? At this point, you can either press Y and Enter to format another diskette, or press N and Enter to return to the MS-DOS system prompt. Formatting with one diskette drive 1. Insert your working copy of the MS-DOS system diskette in drive A (and press any key if necessary) or log on to drive C (the hard disk) by typing C:. 2. When you see the A> or C> prompt, type: FORMAT A: and press Enter. You see this prompt: Insert new diskette for drive A: and strike ENTER when ready 3. If the MS-DOS diskette is in drive A, remove it. Then insert the diskette you want to format in drive A, and press Enter to start formatting. MS-DOS displays the head and cylinder numbers as it formats each cylinder of the diskette. 4. When the diskette is completely formatted, you see these messages: Format complete 730112 bytes total disk space 730112 bytes available on disk Format another (Y/N)? At this point, you can either format another diskette by pressing Y and Enter, or return to the MS-DOS system prompt by pressing N and Enter. Using MS-DOS With the Equity LT 4-7

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4.
When the diskette is completely formatted, you see
messages such as these (for a 720KB diskette):
Format complete
730112 bytes total disk space
730112 bytes available on disk
Format another (Y/N)?
At this point, you can either press Y and
Enter
to format
another diskette, or press
N
and
Enter
to return to the
MS-DOS system prompt.
Formatting with one diskette drive
1.
Insert your working copy of the MS-DOS system diskette
in drive A (and press any key if necessary) or log on to
drive C (the hard disk) by typing C:.
2. When you see the A> or C> prompt, type:
FORMAT A:
and press
Enter. You
see this prompt:
Insert new diskette for drive A:
and strike ENTER when ready
3.
If the MS-DOS diskette is in drive A, remove it. Then
insert the diskette you want to format in drive A, and
press
Enter
to start formatting. MS-DOS displays the head
and cylinder numbers as it formats each cylinder of the
diskette.
4.
When the diskette is completely formatted, you see these
messages:
Format complete
730112 bytes total disk space
730112 bytes available on disk
Format another (Y/N)?
At
this point, you can either format another diskette by
pressing Y and
Enter,
or return to the MS-DOS system
prompt by pressing
N
and
Enter.
Using MS-DOS With the Equity LT
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