Formatting the extended partition – Epson 20 User Manual

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Formatting the Extended Partition

Once you have formatted the primary partition and copied the
remaining MS-DOS files to the hard disk, follow this procedure to
format the extended partition:

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

drive A (if it is not there already).

2. At the

A>

prompt, type the following and press

Enter:

FORMAT D:/V

3. The screen displays this message and prompt:

WARNING, ALL DATA ON NON-REMOVABLE DISK
DRIVE D: WILL BE LOST!

Proceed with Format (Y/N)?

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, the screen displays

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

name this drive, 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

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Preparing a Hard

Disk

for

Use

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