Remove the system disk.
Place a blank disk in drive A
and depress any key.
Formatting will begin.
The
following prompt will appear as long as the disk is
being formatted:
Formatting
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Formatting is complete when this prompt is displayed:
Formatting completed
Format another disk (Y/N)?
If you wish to format another blank disk, remove the
formatted disk, insert a blank disk in the drive and
enter Y
and depress the RETURN Key.
IF you do not
wish to format another disk, enter N and depress the
RETURN key. You will see the system prompt A: indicat
ing you are back to command mode.
CAUTION FORMATTING A DISK WITH INFORMATION ON IT WILL
DESTROY ALL THE CONTENTS OF THE DISK. PLEASE BE CAREFUL
TO CHECK THAT THE DISK IS BLANK OR THE DATA ON THE DISK
IS NO LONGER NEEDED.
If you have copied the system onto your formatted disk
with the /S option, you must also copy the file
COMMAND.COM.
command explained in the section titled DISKCOPY
Command.
You will do this with the DISKCOPY
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