120 MB Smartdrive (250-5141/42)   HD Initialization    Faxback Doc. # 2937


Before you can use the hard drive, you must initialize it by creating one 
or more partitions. Then, you must format the drive to prepare it to store
and access the operating system and other files.

NOTE: Low-level formatting of the drive is not recommended for normal
operation. The drive was low-level formatted at the factory.

Follow these steps to initialize the SmartDrive if you are using MS-DOS:

1. After you start up the system from an MS-DOS system diskette, use the 
   fdisk command to partition the hard drive. (If you are using another 
   operating system, refer to your operating system documentation for 
   information about formatting hard disks.) If you use MS-DOS 3.3 (or
   an earlier version) and your hard disk has a capacity greater than 32
   megabytes, you must include at least two partitions (usually C and D)
   to store data above the 32MB boundary.

2. Use the format command to format each partition. Format the active
   partition with the /s switch (format c:/s) to copy the MS-DOS system
   files to the partition and make it bootable.

3. Use the copy command to copy the remaining files from:

   * Utilities diskette(s)

   * Operating system diskette(s)

4. Remove the diskette from Drive A, and reset the computer to start up 
   from the hard drive.

Refer to your MS-DOS documentation for specific information about the 
fdisk, format, and copy commands.


(smm 07/29/93)