Many hard disk drives, including all Epson drives, automatically park their heads when you turn off the computer. If your hard disk drive does not do this, or if you are not sure that it does, be sure to run HDSIT.

Follow these steps to run HDSIT:

1.Exit any program you are using and make sure the MS-DOS command prompt appears on the screen.

2.If you copied HDSIT to your hard disk (as described at the beginning of this chapter), log onto the directory of the hard disk that contains the HDSIT files.

If you did not copy HDSIT to your hard disk, insert the Reference diskette in drive A. Then type A: and press Enter to log onto that drive.

3.Type the following and press Enter:

H D S I T

You see a message on the screen that tells you the disk drive’s read/write heads will remain locked until you reset the computer or turn the power off and on again The computer locks the heads and disables the keyboard. Remove any diskettes and turn off the computer. You are now ready to move it to the new location.

Note

If your computer came with a 5*/4-inchdiskette drive and you still have the original diskette drive protector card, you may want to insert it into the drive prior to shipping your computer to protect the read/write heads.

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