INITIALIZEInitializes mass storage media.
Description:
HTBasic does not support the HP Basic INITIALIZE statement. Use EXECUTE with the Windows (DOS) "FORMAT" command (see below).
Use your HP Series 200/300 system to initialize a new HP LIF format diskette. When used on HP Workstations, any previous data on mass storage media is lost when it is initialized. So, be very careful when initializing disks. It is easy to accidentally initialize the wrong disk, such as a hard disk with many gigabytes of valuable data.
On a Windows PC you can use the "FORMAT" command from Windows using the DOS command line to initialize a disk. You can also execute this command from HTBasic to initialize (format) a DOS format floppy disk in drive A, for example, by the following:
EXECUTE "FORMAT A:"
You can also use the Windows File Manager to initialize a disk. Select "Disk" and then "Format Disk...".
RAM disks are not supported with the INITIALIZE ":MEMORY,0" command. Although RAM disks are no longer considered as useful as they once were, third party RAM disk programs may still be available for the PC that provide access to all programs including HTBasic.
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