Epson 20, 386 Formatting Diskettes

To change from ACCOUNTS back to LEDGER, you can use the special symbol . . or you can use an absolute pathname. (The . . symbol always designates the parent directory.) In other words, you can type:

CD . .

or

CD \ACCOUNTS

Formatting Diskettes

Before you can store data on a new diskette, you must format it. Formatting prepares the diskette so that MS-DOS can write to it. You need to do this only once, before you use the diskette for the first time.

You can reformat previously used diskettes. This process erases all data on the diskette. Always be sure you do not want to save any of the data on a used diskette before you format it.

The formatting procedure you use depends on whether your computer has one or two diskette drives and whether it has a hard disk. Follow the instructions below for your configuration.

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