Seagate Marathon 420sl Installation Manual page 11

Marathon 420sl Installation Guide, August 1995
High-level formatting
High-level formatting verifies the information written by the low-
level format and creates file allocation tables used to catalog and
access files.
Caution. Make sure that you know the correct drive letter for the
partition you wish to format. Formatting a drive that
contains data may destroy the data on that drive.
1. Run the FORMAT program. Insert a DOS program diskette
containing the FORMAT program into your diskette drive. At
the DOS prompt, type format, followed by the drive letter for
the first drive partition you want to format (for example,
format C:). Then, press
format each of the new drive partitions you have created.
Consult your DOS manual for FORMAT command options.
Note. If you are formatting the drive partition that will be used to
boot your computer (the "C" drive), copy the DOS system
files to this drive. To do this, type /s after the format
command (for example, format C: /s)
2. Verify the drive capacity. After high-level formatting a drive,
you can verify the usable drive capacity by running the DOS
CHKDSK utility program.
. Repeat this procedure to
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