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Initializing a hard disk, Starting up from a cd-rom disc – Apple Power Macintosh 6200 Series User Manual

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Initializing a hard disk

The hard disk inside your computer was initialized (formatted for use) at the
factory, so you shouldn’t need to initialize it. You need to initialize a hard disk
only if

m you purchase a hard disk that has not been initialized at the factory
m your hard disk is damaged

If a hard disk needs to be initialized, the disk’s icon does not appear on the
desktop when you start up the computer using another disk.

Starting up from a CD-ROM disc

To initialize, test, or repair a hard disk, or to install system software on a hard
disk, you need to start up your computer from another disk. If your computer
has a CD-ROM drive, you can start up your computer using the CD-ROM
disc containing system software that came with the computer.

To start up the computer using the CD-ROM disc, follow these steps:

1

Turn your computer on.

2

Press the Open/Close button on your CD-ROM drive, and quickly insert the CD-ROM disc

containing system software into the drive.

3

Immediately press and hold down the Shift, Option,

x

, and Delete keys on your keyboard

at the same time.

Continue to hold down the keys until you see the “Welcome to Macintosh”
message.

WARNING

Initializing a disk erases any information that may be on it.

Before you initialize a damaged disk, try to repair it as described in
“Repairing a Damaged Disk” later in this chapter.

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