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Shift+F5, Enter, FDISK, FORMAT, FDISK /?, FORMAT /?, CD-ROM Setup Boot Disk

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To partition and format your hard disk, do the following: 1. Insert the CD-ROM Setup Boot Disk into drive A. 2. Turn on or restart the computer. The recovery program starts automatically. 3. At the first screen, press Shift+F5. This takes you to an A: prompt. 4. Type CLS and press Enter to clear the screen. 5. At the A: prompt, type FDISK to partition or FORMAT to format. (For information about the parameters for each program, type FDISK /? or FORMAT /?.) The following procedure describes how to install your CD-ROM device driver from a CD-ROM device driver installation diskette. If the CONFIG.SYS file is already on the hard disk, the installation program edits the file to list the CD-ROM device driver. If the CONFIG.SYS file is not already on the hard disk, most installation programs create the file and then edit it to list the CD-ROM device driver. To install your CD-ROM device driver from a CD-ROM device driver installation diskette, do the following: 1. Insert the CD-ROM Setup Boot Disk into drive A. 2. Turn on or restart the computer. The recovery program starts automatically. 3. At the first screen, press Shift+F5. This takes you to an A: prompt. 4. Type CLS and press Enter to clear the screen. 5. Remove the CD-ROM Setup Boot Disk from drive A, and insert your CD-ROM device driver installation diskette. 6. Follow the instructions for your device driver installation diskette to install the device driver for your CD-ROM drive. 7. Remove the CD-ROM device driver installation diskette from drive A, and insert the CD-ROM Setup Boot Disk. Chapter 4. Reinstalling Windows 95 35

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To partition and format your hard disk, do the following:
1.
Insert the
CD-ROM Setup Boot Disk
into drive A.
2.
Turn on or restart the computer.
The recovery program starts
automatically.
3.
At the first screen, press
Shift+F5
.
This takes you to an
A: prompt.
4. Type
CLS
and press
Enter
to clear the screen.
5.
At the A: prompt, type
FDISK
to partition or
FORMAT
to
format.
(For information about the parameters for each
program, type
FDISK /?
or
FORMAT /?
.)
The following procedure describes how to install your CD-ROM
device driver from a CD-ROM device driver installation diskette.
If
the CONFIG.SYS file is already on the hard disk, the installation
program edits the file to list the CD-ROM device driver.
If the
CONFIG.SYS file is not already on the hard disk, most installation
programs create the file and then edit it to list the CD-ROM device
driver.
To install your CD-ROM device driver from a CD-ROM device
driver installation diskette, do the following:
1.
Insert the
CD-ROM Setup Boot Disk
into drive A.
2.
Turn on or restart the computer.
The recovery program starts
automatically.
3.
At the first screen, press
Shift+F5
.
This takes you to an
A: prompt.
4. Type
CLS
and press
Enter
to clear the screen.
5.
Remove the
CD-ROM Setup Boot Disk
from drive A, and insert
your CD-ROM device driver installation diskette.
6.
Follow the instructions for your device driver installation
diskette to install the device driver for your CD-ROM drive.
7.
Remove the CD-ROM device driver installation diskette from
drive A, and insert the
CD-ROM Setup Boot Disk
.
Chapter 4.
Reinstalling Windows 95
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