Creating A Start-Up Diskette - NEC VERSA MEDIADOCK Service Manual

Creating a Start-Up Diskette

A start-up diskette lets you boot your computer with your current configuration. Errors in
system files can sometimes keep the system from booting up.
Create a start-up diskette as follows. (For details, see the MS-DOS user's guide that came
with the Versa.)
If your system is in Windows, exit Windows.
1.
From the DOS prompt (C:>), type the following command to format a diskette in
2.
drive a: using the
using a different diskette drive, use the correct drive letter.)
3. At the prompt, insert a blank diskette and press
Once the diskette is formatted, enter a volume name and press
4.
to skip naming the volume.
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Type when prompted to format another diskette and press
5. N
6. While the diskette is still in the drive, type the following and press
the CONFIG.SYS file to the diskette.
Type the following and press
7.
ette.
8. Remove the diskette from the drive, label it, and store it in a safe place.
9. Continue as follows:
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If the hard disk drive is not the one that came with the Versa, and you have
not reformatted the hard disk or reloaded the operating system, go to the next
section, "MediaDock Setup Utility."
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If you are using a hard disk other than the one that came with the Versa, or
the operating system has been reinstalled, go to Appendix A.
option. Press
/s
format a: /s
copy c:\config.sys a:\*.*
Enter
copy c:\autoexec.bat a:\*.*
NOTE: Use the software setup instructions in
Appendix B under the following circumstances:
— A hard disk drive other than the one that
came with your Versa is installed
— The hard disk drive is reformatted or the
operating system is reloaded.
Setup and Operation
after typing the command. (If you are
Enter
Enter to begin formatting.
to copy the AUTOEXEC.BAT file to disk-
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or press
Enter En-
.
Enter
Enter to copy