krg2@po.CWRU.Edu (Kevin R. Glazier) (02/06/91)
Many thanks to those who posted or e-mailed me about formatting
my hard drive...but I am not using Zenith's version of DOS. And
I don't have the prep command. Any other ideas??
(I already knew about the prep command. But I had Zenith DOS
v 3.3 and I bought DOS 4.01 at a computer store. Then about
a week later I got a letter from Zenith to upgrade...)
Kevin
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How about booting up with Zenith DOS 3.3, using PREP, and then when you have to reboot, boot with MS-DOS 4.0? Since it is a low-level format, it shouldn't matter what version of DOS you use. - David Paxson
johnh@eecs.cs.pdx.edu (John Harris) (02/08/91)
In article <91037.192931DSP@MTUS5.BITNET> DSP@MTUS5.BITNET (David Paxson) writes: >How about booting up with Zenith DOS 3.3, using PREP, and then when you have >to reboot, boot with MS-DOS 4.0? > >Since it is a low-level format, it shouldn't matter what version of DOS you >use. > >- David Paxson More precisly. Boot off Zenith DOS 3.3+ floppy and run PREP. Then run PART, to partition the disk, if needed. RE-boot off MS-DOS 4.0 floppy and then format partitions. Using MS-DOS 4.0 system on your boot partition. In my experience, you should think about getting ZENITH DOS for a Zenith. On the surface you may never have a problem with MS-DOS running on a Zenith. But, I'd be wondering about possible pitfalls of doing so, is your data safe? Will obscure MS-DOS commands work with Zenith's hardware? John. CAD Lab Supervisor Portland State University