IBM Personal Computer XT Manual To Operations page 61

Forma ttiog a Diskette
During the diagnostic tests that follow, you will need a
scratch diskette (a scratch diskette is a formatted
diskette with no data on it). If you already have a
scratch diskette, skip this section and proceed to
Diagnostic Testing on page Test 000-1. If you do not
have a scratch diskette, continue with this procedure.
1
Remove the Diagnostics diskette from the back
of this manual.
2
Set the Power switch on the system unit (and
expansion unit, if attached) to Off.
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