Epson equity ie q50188015-1 Manuel D’Utilisation

Chapter 2

If your computer has a hard disk, follow the instructions in this chapter to

prepare it before using it for the first time.

Do not perform any of these procedures if your hard disk has already been

prepared for use or has data stored on it; otherwise, you will erase all the
data on the hard disk. These instructions apply only to a new hard disk.

The hard disk inside your computer has a capacity of 20 megabytes-about

20 million characters. This is equivalent to approximately 30 720KB

diskettes. Using a hard disk reduces the number of diskettes you need

and eliminates much of the diskette-swapping you do when you use

diskettes. You can do almost all your work on the hard disk and copy

your files to diskettes as needed (to make backups, for example).

Although the hard disk is very reliable, it is essential to back up any of
your hard disk files that you cannot afford to lose. Use the Epson MENU

program or the MS-DOS BACKUP command described in your MS-DOS

manual to back up your hard disk files.

Before you can use the hard disk, you must do the following things to

prepare it:

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Use the FDISK program to partition the hard disk to run the MS-DOS

operating system.

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Use the SELECT program to format the MS-DOS partition and to
copy the MS-DOS Startup/Operating 1 files to the hard disk.

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Use the COPY command to copy files from the Operating 2 and

Reference diskettes to the hard disk.

These procedures are described in this chapter.