Tandy 1000 MS-DOS Reference Manual page 117

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Chapter 6 / Command Reference
• You must specify the drive that you want to format.
• FORMAT uses the drive type to determine the default format
for a disk.
• When you format a hard disk, FORMAT prompts you with the
following:
Enter current Volume Label for drive (x:)
Press
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ENTER
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if your hard disk does not have a volume label. (If
your hard disk has never been formatted, or if it has a bad
boot sector, FORMAT will not prompt you for a volume label.)
If the volume label that you enter does not match the label on
the hard disk, FORMAT displays the message:
Invalid Volume ID Format fallure
Otherwise, FORMAT continues:
WARNING, ALL DATA ON NON-REMOVABLE DISK DRIVE
x WILL BE LOST! Proceed with Format (YIN)?
If you want to format your hard disk, type
Y
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ENTER
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If you do
not want to FORMAT your hard disk, type
N
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ENTER
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• If the operating system isn't on the default drive, FORMAT
prompts you to insert a system disk in the default drive (or in
Drive A if the default drive is a hard disk drive).
• When formatting is complete, FORMAT displays a message
showing the total disk space, any space marked as defective,
the total space used by the operating system (when you use
the /S switch), and the space available for your files.
• Formatting destroys any previously existing data on a disk.
• FORMAT ignores drive assignments created with the
ASSIGN command.
• You should not use FORMAT with drives used in the
ASSIGN, JOINT or SUBST commands.
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