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6.
Press Y to use the entire hard disk for MS-DOS and press
Enter. The screen displays the following message and
prompt:
System will now restart
Insert DOS diskette in drive A:
Press any key when ready . . .
7.
Press any key to restart the system (the MS-DOS diskette
is already in drive A). Your computer begins reloading
MS-DOS. After the preliminary copyright information
displays on the screen, the date prompt displays.
8.
Press Enter twice to accept the date and time shown.
The system now recognizes the MS-DOS partition and the
A > prompt redisplays.
Formatting the MS-DOS Partition
Once you have created the MS-DOS partition, you must
format it for MS-DOS. You use the SELECT command, which
automatically does the following:
l
Formats the MS-DOS partition
l Labels the root directory
l
Copies the MS-DOS system files to the hard disk.
After you have done this, MS-DOS boots automatically
from the hard disk every time you turn on or reset your
computer. (See Chapter 3 for a complete description of the
reset function.)
Follow these steps to format the MS-DOS partition:
1.
Insert the working copy of your MS-DOS system diskette
in drive A (if it is not there already).
2.
At the A> prompt, type the following and press Enter:
SELECT C: 001 US
Preparing a Hard Disk for Use
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