- EPSON Equity 386/20 - User Manual

Creating the Primary Partition
Follow the steps below to create a primary partition on your hard
disk:
1.
Insert the working copy of the MS-DOS Startup diskette in
drive A.
2.
3.
4.
Turn on the computer (if it is not on already).
At the A> prompt, type FDISK and press Enter. The screen
displays the FDISK Options menu.
Press 1 to select the Create DOS partition option and press
Enter.
5.
Press 1 to select the Create Primary DOS partition option and
press Enter. The screen displays the following prompt:
Do you wish to use the maximum size for a DOS
partition and make the DOS partition active
(Y/N). . . . . . . . . . .?[Y]
6.
Press Y to create a maximum-sized partition and press Enter. The
screen displays the following message and prompts:
System will now restart
Insert DOS diskette in drive A:
Press any key when ready . . .
7.
Press any key to restart the system (the MS-DOS Startup diskette
is already in drive A). Your computer begins reloading MS-DOS,
displaying the preliminary copyright information and then the
date prompt.
8. Press Enter twice to accept the date and time shown.
The system now recognizes the primary partition and MS-DOS
automatically designates the primary partition as drive C. The A >
prompt reappears.
Preparing a Hard Disk for Use
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