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Tips for working with dos-format devices – Apple Power Macintosh 4400 User Manual

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Restart your Macintosh.

The CD-ROM software is reinstalled and your computer is ready to use.
Don’t forget to eject the CD-ROM disc containing system software when you
are finished.

Tips for working with DOS-format devices

This section contains helpful information on using DOS-format devices like
removable media and SCSI hard disk drives.

Working with DOS-format SCSI removable media devices

m Use the MS-DOS

FORMAT

command to format a newly initialized

removable media cartridge on a DOS or DOS-compatible computer before
you copy DOS files onto it.

m When initializing and formatting Bernoulli and SyQuest cartridges on a

DOS or DOS-compatible computer, use the disk setup and partitioning
software that came with the device—do not use the MS-DOS

FDISK

command.

Working with DOS-format SCSI hard disk drives

m When initializing and formatting an external SCSI hard disk on a DOS or

DOS-compatible computer, use the MS-DOS

FDISK

command. In

addition, you should use the MS-DOS

FORMAT

command to format and

erase the disk before you copy DOS files to a new SCSI hard disk
connected to a DOS PC.

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