INITIALIZE is an HP Basic command used to format a new disk or to completely erase all previous contents of previously formatted disk. HTBasic does not support INITIALIZE. You must use an HP BASIC workstation to initialize a new LIF disk. To initialize a PC disk, You can use the Windows File Manager. Select "Disk" and then "Format Disk...".
To programmatically FORMAT a disk, use the EXECUTE statement to call the FORMAT command:
EXECUTE "FORMAT A:"
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