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