Formatting the disk – Epson 3865X Plus User Manual
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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.
Do you want to exit and check your
file copies ? (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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