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The following procedure assumes your computer has a hard
disk. If it does not, see “Formatting Diskettes With One
Diskette Drive (No Hard Disk)” below.
1.
If
necessary,
type
C
: to log onto drive C.
2.
When you see the C : \> prompt, type the following and
press
Enter:
FORMAT A:
You see this prompt:
Insert new diskette for drive A:
and strike ENTER when ready
3.
Insert
the diskette you want to format in drive A and press
Enter
to start formatting. When the diskette
is
formatted,
you see a message similar to this:
Format complete
1213952 bytes total disk space
1213952 bytes available on disk
Format another (Y/N)?
4. At this point, you can either format another diskette by
pressing Y and Enter, or return to the MS-DOS command
prompt by pressing
N
and
Enter.
The formatted diskette is now ready to store data.
Note
You can also format diskettes for 360KB in your Apex
computer. See the MS-DOS Reference Manual for
information about options you can use with the FORMAT
command.
Using MS-DOS With Your Computer
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