User`s guide
Table Of Contents
- FRONT MATTER
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAP 1-USING YOUR CHAPTER
- Turning On the Computer
- Turning Off the Computer
- Using Disks and Disk Drives
- Special Keys on the Keyboard
- Stopping a Command or Program
- Resetting the Computer
- Using a Password
- Using Your Computer a Network Server
- Changing the Processor Speed
- Preparing the Hard Disk for Moving
- Using AUTOEXEC. BAT and Other Batch Files
- CHAP 2-INSTALLING AND REMOVING OPTIONS
- How to Use This Chapter
- Removing the Cover
- Changing the Jumper Settings
- Memory Modules (SIMMs)
- Installing an Option
- Removing an Option Card
- Removing the Option Card Connector Board
- Replacing the Option Card Connector Board
- Installing a New Processor Chip
- Using the Alternate VGA
- Replacing the Cover
- Post-installation Procedures
- CHAP 3-INSTALLING AND REMOVING DRIVES
- CHAP 4-RUNNING SYSTEM DIAGNOSTICS
- CHAP 5-FORMATTING A HARD DISK
- CHAP 6-TROUBLESHOOTING
- APPENDIX A-SPECIFICATIONS
- GLOSSARY
- INDEX
Formatting the Disk
When you are ready to start formatting the disk, you see the
following warning:
WARNING! ALL DATA WILL BE DESTROYED IN ALL
PARTITIONS OF HARD DISK, NOT JUST IN MS-DOS
PARTITION!
Do you want to start formatting ? (Y/N)
If you are not sure you want to format the hard disk, select
N.
If
you are sure, select
Y
;
the program gives you one more chance
to cancel:
DOUBLE CHECK THAT YOU HAVE BACKUP DISKETTE
COPIES OF ALL YOUR FILES.
Do you want to exit and check your file
copies ? (Y/N)
Select Y to cancel formatting or N to continue.
If you
continue
with formatting, you see:
Format started.
Head
:
nnn
Cylinder : nnnnn
You see the head and cylinder numbers decrease as the
program progresses.
When formatting is complete, the program flags any bad tracks
and you see a series of messages like these:
Format finished.
Flagging bad tracks...
Cylinder is
nnnn,
head is nn
Format completed.
Press ENTER to return to the menu.
Press
m
to return to the Hard
Disk Format Menu.
5-8 Formatting a Hard Disk