Formatting the primary partition, Select a: c:\dos 001 us – Epson Apex 20020 User Manual

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8.

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.

9.

Press

Enter

twice to accept the date and time shown.

The system now recognizes the MS-DOS partition as drive C

and the extended partition as drive D. To install MS-DOS on
your hard disk, you must format these logical drives.

Formatting the Primary Partition

Use the MS-DOS SELECT command to format the primary
partition, drive C. SELECT automatically does the following:

Formats the partition

Labels the partition

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 your MS-DOS Startup diskette

in drive A (if it is not there already), and turn on the

computer if necessary.

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

Enter:

SELECT A:

C:\DOS 001 US

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