Formatting Your Hard Disk - TRIGEM CW3S20C Operation Manual

To reserve the entire hard disk for MS-DOS, press the ENTER.
FDISK now displays the following message:
It is common to use FDISK to create an MS-DOS partition
that takes up the entire hard disk drive and then make that
partition bootable. Now that you have completed these tasks,
you can restart your system using your MS-DOS Install
diskette.
Note
For information on the remaining FDISK menu selections,
see your MS-DOS User's Guide.
Make sure the MS-DOS install is in the A drive, then press the
ENTER key. Your system will now reboot. It does this to
update the new partition information in its configuration
RAM. You may now format yor hard disk, and load the MS-
DOS system files onto it.

Formatting Your Hard Disk

Now that your hard disk is partitioned, you need format it.
Note
If your hard disk drive has already been partitioned for
MS-DOS, it may have been formatted at the same time.
Use the DIR command to check the contents of the drive.
If your hard disk is formatted, there may be files stored on
it that you will need. Skip this section on formatting and
proceed to the next section, "Organizing Your Hard Disk."
Using Your Hard Disk 6-9