Epson 386/25 - Manual (Page 243)

Formatting the Disk
When you are ready to start formatting the disk, you see the
following warning:
WARNING? ALL DATA WILL BE DESTROYED IN
ALL PARTITIONS OF HARD DISK, NOT JUST IN
MS-DOS PARTITION!
Do
you want to start formatting ? (Y/N)
If you are not sure you want to format the hard disk, select: N. If
you are sure, select Y; the program gives you one more chance to
cancel:
DOUBLE CHECK THAT YOU HAVE BACKUP
DISKETTE COPIES OF ALL YOUR FILES.
D o
you want to exit and check your
f i l e c o p i e s ? ( Y / N )
Select Y to cancel formatting (and check your backups) or N to
continue.
If you continue with formatting, you see:
Format
started.
Head
: nnn Cylinder : nnnnn
Physically
Formatting a Hard Disk
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