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Epson LT-286 User Manual

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6. At the

A>

prompt, type

FDISK

and press

Enter.

The screen

displays the FDISK Options menu.

7.

Press

1

to select

the

Create DOS Partition

option and

press

Enter.

The screen displays the following menu:

Create DOS Partition

Current Fixed Disk Drive: 1

1. Create Primary DOS partition

2. Create Extended DOS partition

Enter choice: [1]

Press ESC to return to FDISK Options

8. Press 1, then press

Enter.

The screen displays the following:

Create Primary DOS Partition

Current Fixed Disk Drive: 1

Do you wish to use the maximum size

for a DOS partition and make the DOS

partition active (Y/N)......? [Y]

Press ESC to return to FDISK Options

9. Press Y, then press

Enter.

The screen displays the following

message:

System will now restart

Insert DOS diskette in drive A:

Press any key when ready . . .

10. Without removing the Startup/Operating 1 diskette, press any

key

to

restart the system.

11. Press

Enter

twice to accept the date and time shown.

The system now recognizes the MS-DOS partition and the

A>

prompt reappears.

3-4

Preparing the Hard Disk

for

Use