Double-density diskettes, 3-12-13 Double-sided diskettes, 3-12-13 Drive designator, 4-3-5

Drives,

see Diskette drives see Hard disks

E

EGA card, see Video cards EMM386.SYS, 4-43 -46 Enhanced graphics adapter, see

Video cards Environmental requirements,

F - 3 4

Epson Consumer Information Center number, Intro-5

ERASE, 4-15

Error codes and messages, 2-36, 2-29,A-1,B-1 -3, C-37 -39

Expanded memory, 4-43 -46 Extended memory, 2-26,2-29 -31,

4-43 -46 Extended partition, 4-3Extension, 4-9 -10

External commands, 4-5 -6, 4-38

F

Fast boot, 2-11 -12, A-2FASTOPEN, 3-23FDISK, A-15,D-2Files,

AUTOEXEC.BAT, 4-5,4-10,4-17,4-40 -42

backing up, 4-11 -13 batch, 4-10,4-40 -42 COMMAND.COM, 4-5,4-17,

A-11

CONFIGSYS, 4-5,4-17,4-43,4-45

copying, 4-11 -13

creating and managing, 4-9-16

deleting, 4-15executable, 4-10naming, 4-9-10 printing, 4-16renaming, 4-14

Floppy disk drives, see Diskette drives Floppy disks, see Diskettes FORMAT, 3-13,4-27 -30 Formatting,

diskettes, 3-13,4-27 -30 extended partition, 4-3hard disk, 3-23,D-1 -13 physical, D-1 -13 primary partition, 4-3

H

Hard disks, see also Diskette drives backing up, 3-24,4-34 -35 configuring, 2-17 -22 controller and hard disk check,

B - l

drive and controller check, C-33 -36

formatting, 3-23,D-1 -13 how they work, 3-10 -12 installing MS-DOS on, 3-1 -2 loading MS-DOS from, 4-2 -3 parking the heads, 3-24 -25 partitions, 4-3,D-2,D-13physically formatting, D-1 -13 precautions, 3-23

preparing for moving, 3-24 -25 preparing for use, 3-23problems, A-14 -16

setting types, 2-17 -22 types, E-1 -3

HDSIT, 3-24-25

HELP program, Intro-2, 4-35 -37 Help, where to get, Intro-4 -5 Hercules card, see Video cards High-density diskette, 3-12-13