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Chapter
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Command Reference
HFORMAT External
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HFORMAT
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Prepares a hard disk for use and, optionally, makes it an operat-
ing system disk by writing the system files to it. The hard disk
can be either blank or already formatted when you enter the
HFORMAT command. If the disk is already formatted, all infor-
mation on it is erased when you reformat.
Parameters
drive is a drive specification of C: or greater. If you omit the
drive, HFORMAT uses Drive C.
IS causes HFORMAT to copy the hidden system files and
COMMAND.COM from the MS-DOS system disk in Drive A to
the hard disk after it is formatted. This makes the newly format-
ted disk a system disk.
IV causes HFORMAT to prompt for a volume label after the disk
is formatted. If you use this parameter, you can enter a label of
a maximum of 11 characters, or you can press
[ENTER
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to bypass
the prompt.
IB causes HFORMAT to prompt for information it needs to lock
out flawed areas on the hard disk so that MS-DOS never writes
to them. (Having a small number of flawed areas is not
uncommon.)
Notes and Suggestions
• Appendix D outlines the entire hard disk setup procedure.
Refer to this appendix as necessary when setting up your
hard disk.
• Before you can store information on a hard disk, you must
prepare it using HFORMAT. During formatting, you have the
option of transferring the system files to the hard disk, mak-
ing it a system disk. System files can only be transferred
using HFORMAT
IS.
Type
cOP Y A:
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c:
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ENTER
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to copy all
other files from your system diskette to your hard disk.
• Immediately after you enter the HFORMAT command, HFOR-
MAT displays a message such as:
Press any key to begin formatting drive
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