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You should already have made sure that there is no information
stored on the hard disk that you want to save. Press Y to begin
formatting. The formatting process takes several minutes.
When it is completed, the system will display:
Formatting
System transferred
Volume label (11 characters, ENTER for none)?
Here, your computer is asking you to name your hard disk
drive. This is a result of the /V switch used with the FORMAT
command. A disk label can be useful when sorting directories,
so you may want to enter one now.
A volume label can use up to eleven characters. See Chapter
4, “Using MS-DOS,” for a list of valid label characters. When
you have entered the drive label, your computer will respond:
XXXXXXXX bytes total disk space
XXXXX bytes used by system
XXXXXXXX bytes available on disk
The /S switch in the FORMAT command caused the active
portions of MS-DOS to be loaded onto the system area of the
hard disk. At this point you can boot the system from the hard
disk.
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Using
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