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3-3 Hard Disk Drive Format A hard disk must be formatted before it can be read from or written to. If your hard disk requires this, you should carry out the following steps: Step 1 - Preformat The preformat utility is supplied by the system BIOS. You can press key quickly just after the RAM test to enter the SETUP program. Choosing item 2 from the initial screen to preformat hard disk. See Figure 3-l. Step 2 - Partition This process creates DOS partitioning on a preformatted hard disk drive. The DOS command 'FDISK" handles this partitioning process. Insert your DOS diskette in drive A and type a: to get A prompt. Then type: A> FDISK < 8 > The "FDISK" command displays a serial of menus to help you partition your hard disk for MS-DOS. With the "FDISK" command, you can: • create a primary partition, • create an extended partition, • change the active partition, • delete an partition, • display partition data, and select the next fixed disk drive for partitioning on a system with multiple fixed disks. If your hard disk is 40MB, you may have partitions of up to 33MB in size. 33MB is the maximum space for a partition allowed by DOS. For more information about how to use creating DOS partition, see Appendix D in MS-DOS User's Guide and Reference. 8 Chapter 3: Operating Your System

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3-3
Hard
Disk
Drive
Format
A
hard
disk
must
be
formatted
before
it
can
be
read
from
or
written
to.
If
your
hard
disk
requires
this,
you
should
carry
out
the
following
steps:
Step
1 —
Preformat
The
preformat
utility
is
supplied
by
the
system
BIOS.
You
can
press
<E
SC
>
key
quickly
just
after
the
RAM
test
to
enter
the
SETUP
program.
Choosing
item
2
from
the
initial
screen
to
preformat
hard
disk.
See
Figure
3-l.
Step
2 —
Partition
This
process
creates
DOS
partitioning
on
a
preformatted
hard
disk
drive.
The
DOS
command
‘FDISK”
handles
this
partitioning
process.
Insert
your
DOS
diskette
in
drive
A
and
type
a:
to
get
A
prompt.
Then
type:
A> FDISK < 8 >
The
“FDISK”
command
displays
a
serial
of
menus
to
help
you
partition
your
hard
disk
for
MS-DOS.
With
the
“FDISK”
command,
you
can:
•
create a
primary
partition,
•
create
an
extended
partition,
•
change
the
active
partition,
•
delete an
partition,
•
display partition
data,
and
select
the
next
fixed
disk
drive
for
partitioning
on
a
system
with
multiple
fixed
disks.
If
your
hard
disk
is
40MB,
you
may
have
partitions
of
up
to
33MB
in
size.
33MB
is
the
maximum
space
for
a
partition
allowed
by
DOS.
For
more
information
about
how
to
use
creating
DOS
partition,
see
Appendix
D
in
MS-DOS
User’s
Guide
and
Reference.
8
Chapter
3:
Operating
Your
System