Formatting diskettes – Epson 20 User Manual

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To change from ACCOUNTS back to LEDGER, you can use the

special symbol . . or you can use an absolute pathname. (The . . symbol

always designates the parent directory.) In other words, you can type:

CD . .

or

CD \ACCOUNTS

Formatting Diskettes

Before you can store data on a new diskette, you must format it.
Formatting prepares the diskette so that MS-DOS can write to it. You

need to do this only once, before you use the diskette for the first

time.

You can reformat previously used diskettes. This process erases all

data on the diskette. Always be sure you do not want to save any of

the data on a used diskette before you format it.

The formatting procedure you use depends on whether your

computer has one or two diskette drives and whether it has a hard

disk. Follow the instructions below for your configuration.

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