Hard Disc Installation - AMSTRAD PC1640 Service Manual

HARD
DISC
INSTALLATION
ON
PC1640
PC1640
hard disc
comes
ready
installed
with the
necessary
software.
That
is
discs
1
to
4 that are
supplied ready with the
machine.
However
in
the case
of a disc failure
it
may
be necessary
to
reinstall
the supplied software.
This
is
done
in
the following way:
1.
Put
disc
one
into
drive
A:
and
boot
up the system.
2.
Put disc four
into
drive
A:
and
type
CD\SUPPLEME
and press
return.
3.
Type
HDFORMAT
and
press
return.
4.
Answer
YES
to
the
screen
prompt.
5.
When
HDFORMAT
is
completed remove
disc four
and
replace with disc one.
6.
Type
CD\and
press
return.
7.
Type
FDISC
and
press
return.
8.
Press
return
every time you are
asked
a question.
9.
With
disc
one
still
in
drive
A:
type
FORMAT
C:/S and
press
return.
10.
When
formatting
is
finished
replace disc
one
with disc
four.
1 1
Type
CD\SUPPLEME
and press
return.
1
2.
Type
CONFIG
and
press
return.
»
After
typing
CONFIG
the
machine
will
proceed
to
copy
the four
system
discs
to
the hard
disc.
After
copying
each
disc
you
will
prompted
to insert
the next
disc.
You do
not
need
to
know
in
which
order
to insert
the discs
because
the
machine
will tell
you which
disc
is
needed
next.
The system
is
now
installed
and should be
tested by rebooting the
machine.
It
should be noted
that
if
the hard
disc
is
ok
but the software has
been
corrupted or deleted
you can
reinstall
the software without
reformatting.
This
is
done
by following
steps
1 1
and
1
2.
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