Re-formatting the hard disk Operation
Rebuilding the hard disk
If you have created a bootable system disk (floppy disk) and have backed up the
hard disk, you can reformat and rebuild the hard disk, and restore the versions of
directories and files stored on the hard disk at the time you performed the backup.
Use the system disk to boot the PC from the floppy disk drive.
Use the MS-DOS command
FDISK
to partition the hard disk. (This requires
sound knowledge of the system.)
Use the MS-DOS command
FORMAT
with the
/s
option (e.g.,
FORMAT C:/s
) to
format the hard disk.
The
/s
option causes the system files that start the operating system to be
transferred to the hard disk.
Copy the files of the backup program
MSBACKUP
from the system disk to the
hard disk (e.g.,
COPY A:\MSB*.* C:\
↵
).
Switch to the hard disk (e.g.,
C:
↵
).
Start the backup program
MSBACKUP
(
MSBACKUP
↵
).
Restore your files from your backup disks to the hard disk with the backup
program's
RESTORE
function.
If these steps fail to correct the problem with your hard disk, it will have to be
replaced.
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