Seagate 1080SL manual High-level formatting

14 Medalist 1080sl SCSI Installation Guide, August 1995

High-level formatting

High-level formatting verifies the information written by the low- level format and builds the file allocation table (FAT) used by DOS to access files on the drive. If you put more than one partition on the drive, you must high-level format each partition. Refer to your DOS reference guide for instructions. Use the DOS FORMAT utility to high-level format the drive as follows:

1.Type the following command at the DOS prompt: format drive: /v /s

drive: designates the drive you are formatting. If you are formatting the boot drive or if your system contains only one drive, type c:. To format a second drive, type d:.

/v tells the computer to create a volume label for the partition after it is formatted. Labeling can prevent someone from accidentally deleting the partition and losing your data.

/s tells the computer to copy the necessary system files to the drive to make it bootable.

2.When the computer prompts you for a volume label, you can assign a name to the drive volume of up to eleven characters or leave it blank. Press ENTER.