User`s manual

Validating a Disk
Use the validate command to check for possible errors on the currently
open disk. If the damage is minor, the validate command will repair it.
Validate will not change the file contents of the disk. After validating a
disk, GEOS will reopen it.
IMPORTANT Never validate a GEOS disk from BASIC. Only use the
GEOS validate command when in the GEOS environment.
To validate a disk:
1: Open the disk you wish to validate.
2:
Select validate from the diqk menu.
Formatting a Disk
Before a blank disk can be used to store files, it must be formatted. If the
disk contains files, formatting will erase the files.
To format a disk:
1: Select format from the disk menu.
2: A dialog box will ask you to "Put disk to format in drive # and enter a
name for it."
If you have one disk drive, remove the current disk and
insert the disk to
be formatted; if you have more than one disk drive,
insert the disk to
be formatted into Drive B.
3: Enter a name for the disk and press [-I.
Resetting a Disk
Use this command if you wish to initialize the deskTop and reopen the
currently active disk. Use this command after disk errors, or
if you acciden-
tally swap disks without following the proper open and close procedures.
To reset a disk:
Select RESET from the special menu.
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