Formatting the primary partition, Enter, Enter: select a: c:\dos 001 us – Epson 20 User Manual

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10. Press any key to restart the system (the MS-DOS Startup diskette

is already in drive A). Your computer reloads MS-DOS,
displaying the preliminary copyright information and the date

prompt.

11.

Press

Enter

twice to accept the date and time shown.

The system now recognizes the primary partition as drive C and the

extended partition as drives D and E. The A > prompt reappears.

After you create the partitions, you must format each logical drive

separately. Follow the instructions below.

Formatting the Primary Partition

Use the SELECT command to format the primary partition, drive C.

SELECT automatically does the following:

l

Formats the partition

l

Labels the partition

l

Copies the MS-DOS system files to the hard disk.

After you have done this, MS-DOS boots automatically from this
partition on the hard disk every time you turn on or reset your

computer (as long as there is no diskette in drive A).

Follow these steps to format the primary partition:

1. Insert the working copy of the MS-DOS Startup diskette in drive

A (if it is not there already).

2. At the A> prompt, type the following and press

Enter:

SELECT A: C:\DOS 001 US

Preparing a Hard Disk

for

Use

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