If your hard disk needs to be formatted, begin by
selecting the
Command Prompt option from the DOS shell. Enter the
following command:
The floppy disk drive indicator will come on for a few seconds,
while the FORMAT
command is into memory. When the
light goes out, the computer will display:
You should already
have
made sure that there is no information
stored on the hard disk that you want to save. Press Y to
begin
formatting. The formatting process takes several minutes.
When it is completed, the system will display:
Formatting
S y s t e m t r a n s f e r r e d
Volume
label (11 characters,
ENTER for none)?
Here, your computer is asking you to name your hard disk
drive. This is a result of the /V switch used with the FORMAT
command. A disk label can be useful when sorting directories,
so you may want to enter one now.
A volume label can use up to eleven characters. See Chapter
4, “Using MS-DOS,” for a list of valid label characters. When
you have entered the drive label, your computer will respond:
Using
Your Hard Disk
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