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Note
001 and US are the country code and keyboard code,
respectively, for the United States. If you want to
substitute codes for a different country, see your
MS-DOS Reference Manual.
The screen displays this message and prompt:
SELECT is used to install DOS the
first time.
SELECT erases everything on the
specified target and then installs
DOS. Do you want to continue (Y/N)?
3. Press Y and then Enter. Formatting does not begin
immediately. The screen displays the following message
and prompt:
WARNING, ALL DATA ON NON-REMOVABLE
DISK DRIVE C: WILL BE LOST!
Proceed with Format (Y/N)?
4. Press Y and Enter to begin formatting the partition. The
screen continuously displays the changing head and
cylinder numbers.
Besides formatting the hard disk partition, SELECT copies
the operating system files to the hard disk. When the
procedure is complete, the screen displays the following:
Format Complete
System Transferred
Volume Label (11 characters, ENTER
for none)
5.
It is a good idea to enter a name (label) for the partition to
protect it from being accidentally formatted later. If you
want to do this, type a name of up to 11 characters and
press
Enter.
If you do not want to name it, press
Enter.
Preparing a Hard Disk for Use
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