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Caution

If you are unsure if formatting is necessary, contact your

Epson dealer for assistance.

In addition 

to destroying all the data on the hard disk,

formatting removes any partitions and logical formatting defined

on the disk by 

FDISK, SELECT, 

or 

FORMAT. After you

physically format a new or used hard disk (using option 1 or 2 of
the Hard Disk Format Menu), you need to install MS-DOS.
Follow the instructions in your MS-DOS Installation Guide.

The installation process automatically partitions and formats the

hard disk to prepare it for use. (If you are installing another

operating system, follow the instructions in the documentation

that came with it.)

Follow these steps to display the formatting options:

1.

Insert the Reference diskette in drive A.

2.

Turn on or reset the computer. The computer automatically

loads MS-DOS and displays the Operation Menu.

3. Press 2 to highlight Format 

hard disk 

and press

Enter. 

The Hard Disk Format Menu appears on the screen:

HARD DISK FORMAT MENU

1 - Format

2 - Destructive surface analysis

3 - Non-destructive surface analysis

0 - Exit