User's Manual

Preparing Diskettes for Data
You may have just purchased a brand new box of
diskettes, but before you can store data on a diskette,
the diskette must be
formatted. Formatting prepares the
diskette to accept data written by MS-DOS.
You can also reformat previously-used diskettes.
However, once you reformat a diskette, all data on
that diskette is erased. Always make sure that you do
not want to save any of the data on a diskette before
you format it.
When you decide you’re ready to format a diskette,
follow these steps:
1. Make sure your working copy of the MS-DOS
system diskette is in the top drive (drive A).
2, When you see the A) prompt, type:
FORMAT B :
and press Enter. You see this prompt:
Insert diskette for drive B:
and strike ENTER when ready
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