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Track
(one revolution)
Sector
(section
01
track)
Formatted Oiskette
To Format a Diskette
Write-Pfotett
Notch
Timing Hole
Read·Write Area
To
get acquainted with the formatting
procedure
,
formal
two
blank
diskettes
to use when doing the exercises described in the
rest
of this section. Wilh
the DOS
Menu on your screen
:
1.
To
format in
enhanced
density on an XF551
Disk
Drive,
type
I
and
press
[Retu'Tl J;
or to format in
single-density,
type P
and
press
[
Rew-n
J
.
The
prompt WHICH
DRIVE TO FORMAT?
appears.
2.
Type the number of the disk drive in your system in which you
wanl to format Ihe
diskette.
The prompt TYPE
"
Y
"
TO
FOR·
MAT DISK n (where
n
is the number of the drive you
specified)
appears.
This
gives you a chance to
make
sure that the
speci·
fied drive
contains a diskette that you want to format - reo
member,
formatting erases any files already contained on a
diskette.
3.
Place the diskette to
be
formatted
in
the
drive
you
have
speci·
fied
.
Type
Y
and
press
I
Rew-n l.
The BUSY
light goes on as the
drive begins to format the
diskette.
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