Method for automatically configuring and formatting a computer system and installing software

A method of automatically configuring and formatting a computer system having a random access memory and installing a prespecified program, comprising:

• inserting a first memory device into a first reading device of the computer system;
• supplying power to the computer system;
• executing an operating system program in the computer system, wherein the operating system program is stored on a first memory device;
• automatically creating a primary active DOS partition on a primary hard disk drive of the computer system;
• automatically selecting, based upon the size of the random access memory, a size value for a primary extended DOS partition;
• automatically creating the primary extended DOS partition, wherein the size of the primary extended DOS partition equals the selected size value;
• automatically rebooting the computer system for a first time by making a first low level call to BIOS;
• automatically formatting the primary active and extended DOS partitions so as to create a root directory and a file allocation table for each partition;
• automatically copying a specified driver to the primary active DOS partition;
• automatically copying customized CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT startup files from a first memory device to the primary active DOS partition;
• removing a first memory device from a first reading device;
• automatically rebooting the computer system for a second time by making a second low level call to BIOS;
• inserting a second memory device into a second reading device of the computer system, wherein the second memory device contains the prespecified program;
• and
• automatically executing a DOS batch file in order to install said prespecified program.