Booting - NEC VERSA 6200MX User Manual

In Windows 95, double click on the My Computer icon and then right click (click the
right-hand mouse button) on the 3.5 Floppy (A:) icon. Select Format... and select the
format process that best suits your needs.
To format low density 720-KB diskettes — In DOS, type
. If you want a bootable diskette, type
ter
In Windows for Workgroups, select File Manager, Format Disk. Select 720K from the
Capacity pull-down list. Click x in the Make System Disk box if you want a bootable
diskette. Then click
In Windows 95, double click on the My Computer icon and then right click (click the
right-hand mouse button) on the 3.5 Floppy (A:) icon. Select 720 KB (3.5") from the
Capacity pull-down list. Click in the check box for Copy system files only to make a
bootable system diskette.
What type of diskette do I use in my diskette drive?
Your system ships with a 1.44-megabyte (MB) diskette drive. Use 3.5-inch high
density (HD) diskettes. These diskettes are also called double-sided, high-density
(DSHD) diskettes. You can store 1.44 MB of information on these diskettes.
Your diskette drive can also use 3.5-inch double-sided, double-density (DSDD) diskettes.
These diskettes only hold 720 kilobytes of data — about half the amount of data that
1.44-MB diskettes hold.

BOOTING

What are all those messages on my screen when I start up my computer?
At power on, the system displays configuration messages as it performs diag-
nostic tests. The tests check major hardware components, such as memory and interface
circuits. The system compares the hardware it finds with parameters last saved by the
Setup program. This process is the Power-On Self-Test (POST).
NOTE
You can bypass the POST memory test by pressing the space bar.
format a:/f720/s
to start the process.
OK
format a:/f720 and press
and press .
Enter
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