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4. Press Y and Enter to begin formatting the extended
partition. The screen continuously displays the changing
head and cylinder numbers. When the procedure is
complete, you see the following message:
Format Complete
Volume Label (11 characters, ENTER
for none)
5.
It is a good idea to enter a name (volume label) for drive D,
to protect it from being accidentally reformatted later. If
you want to do this, type up to 11 characters and press
Enter.
If you do not want to name it, just press
Enter.
The screen displays.information about the total disk space
available on drive D. The
A>
prompt reappears.
6. If you have created additional logical drives on your hard
disk, repeat steps 1 through 5 above for each additional
logical drive. Substitute the appropriate drive letter in the
FORMAT command. For example, to format drive E, type
the following and press
Enter:
FORMAT E: /V
Copying the Remaining Files to the Hard Disk
Follow the instructions below to copy the files on your other
MS-DOS diskettes and the Reference diskette to drive C, the
primary partition on the hard disk:
1.
Remove the MS-DOS Startup diskette from drive A and
insert the diskette labelled Operating 1 in the drive.
2.
You should still be logged onto drive A. If not, type A: and
press
Enter.
Preparing a Hard Disk for Use
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