Preparing The Hard Disk For Moving - Epson 486SX User Manual

Preparing the Hard Disk for Moving

If you need to move your computer to a new location, you may
want to run the HDSIT program (on your Reference diskette) to
protect the hard disk during the move.
HDSIT moves (or parks) the disk drive's read/write heads to a
region on the disk surface that does not contain data, and locks
them securely in position. This protects the hard disk from
being damaged if the computer is bumped accidentally.
Many hard disk drives, including all Epson drives, automatically
park their heads when you turn off the computer. If your hard
disk drive does not do this, or if you are not sure that it does, be
sure to run HDSIT.
Follow these steps:
1. Exit any program you are using and make sure the MS-DOS
command prompt appears on the screen.
2. If you copied HDSIT to your hard disk (as described at the
beginning of this chapter), type c : and press (Enter] to log
onto the root directory of the hard disk.
If you did not copy HDSIT to drive C, insert the Reference
diskette in drive A. Then type A : and press m to log
onto that drive.
3. Type the following and press [Enter:
HDSIT
You see a message on the screen as the computer locks the
heads and disables the keyboard. Remove any diskettes and
turn off the computer. You are now ready to move it to the new
location.
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