Creating the ms-dos partition, Enter, Fdisk – Epson Apex 20020 User Manual

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The instructions in this appendix describe how to:

Create a primary partition of 20MB if you have the Apex

200\20, or a primary partition of 32MB if you have the

Apex 200\40.

Create an extended partition on the Apex 200\40 of 8MB.

If you prefer to create a primary and extended partition of

different sizes, see the instructions for FDISK in your MS-DOS
Reference Manual.

Creating the MS-DOS Partition

Follow the steps below to create a primary partition on your
hard disk for MS-DOS. On the Apex 200\20, the primary
partition created is 20MB. On the Apex 200\40, the primary
partition created is 32MB.

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6.

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

Turn on or reset the computer.

After MS-DOS is loaded, press

Enter

twice to accept the

time and date prompts.

At the

A>

prompt, type

FDISK

and press

Enter.

The

screen displays the FDISK options menu.

Press 1 to select the Create DOS partition option and press

Enter.

Press 1 to select the Create Primary DOS partition option

and press

Enter.

The screen displays the following prompt:

Do you wish to use the

maximum size

for a DOS partition and make the

DOS partition active (Y/N)....? [Y]

Preparing a Hard Disk for Use

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