Hard Disc Installation Instructions - AMSTRAD PC1512 Service Manual

HARD
DISC
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
Applies
to
both
ten
and twenty megabyte
versions.
1.
Turn on machine.
2.
Insert disc
1
(the
red
disc)
and press a
key.
3.
Type
fdisk
(RETURN)
4.
At
each prompt
press the
RETURN
key (another
three
times).
5.
The
A>
will
now
appear
so
now
type format
c:/s
(RETURN).
6.
Now
push
the
Y
key (RETURN).
7.
The
hard
disc
will
now
begin
to
format,
if
you have
a
1
0Mb
machine
then
it
will
cc
in.
u_
t
)
305
cylinders.
If
you have
a
20Mb
machine
then
610
cylinders
will
be counted.
8.
Once
this
is
done, take out
disc
1
and
insert disc
5
(the
maroon
disc).
9.
Nowtypeconfig(RETURN).Thisprocedurewillcopyallfivediscs(order5,1,2,3,4)ontc
h<
had
&•
Once
finished the screen
willshowsomeinformationaboutthesizeofthediscandthenumb.
,
f
nd
directories present.
1
0.
To
now
use the hard
disc
remove
the floppy
disc from the driveand
store
in
a safe place
wi e
four discs then
restart
the
computer
by pushing
Alt Ctrl
and
Del.
1
1
After a short while the
AMSTRAD
PC
info
will
come
up and
tell
you
when
the
machine was
la
ui
and
then
after
a
little
longer the
screen
will
clear
and
will
display
this
message,
F1=DOSPLUS.SYS
F2=DOS.SYS
Select operating system:
If
you choose
F1
then
DOS
Plus and
Gem
will
be booted,
or
if
you
press F2 then
MS-DOS
will
be
booted.
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