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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
other codes, see your MS-DOS 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. Formatting does not begin immediately. The screen
displays the following:
WARNING, ALL DATA ON NON-REMOVABLE DISK
DRIVE C: WILL BE LOST!
Proceed with Format (Y/N)?
4.
Press Y to format the DOS partition, erasing any stored
files. Then press Enter. MS-DOS begins formatting your
hard disk’s DOS partition. The screen continuously displays
the changing head and cylinder numbers.
Besides formatting the hard disk partition, MS-DOS also
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 hard disk
to protect it from being accidentally formatted later. If you
want to name the hard disk, type up to 11 characters and
press Enter. If you do not want to name it, just press
Enter.
The screen first displays disk space information and then
displays the following message:
Reading source files(s). . .
2-4
Preparing a Hard Disk for Use