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Creating a primary partition, To create a primary partition with FAT16:

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Partitioning the new drive Creating a primary partition A primary DOS partition contains the essential system files required to start up your computer. To load these system files on the hard drive, you have to use the FDISK program to create a primary DOS partition and make the partition active. Important The FDISK program is not available in Windows XP. A primary partition is created when Windows XP is installed on the hard drive. During the Windows XP installation process, you can also select the size and type of other partitions. If you leave any part of the hard drive unpartitioned, you can create the extended partition and assign logical drives by following the procedures "To create an extended partition using Windows XP NTFS:" on page 48 and "To create a logical drive using Windows XP NTFS:" on page 49. We recommend that you use NTFS for all partitions. To create a primary partition with FAT16: 1 Insert the System Restoration Kit CD or System Restoration CD into your CD or DVD drive. 2 Restart your computer. The Main menu opens. 3 Close the Main menu. 4 Type fdisk, then press ENTER. 5 Type N. Large disk support is disabled. 6 If you have only one hard drive in your computer, go to Step 8. - OR - If you have more than one hard drive in your computer type 5, then press ENTER. The Change Current Fixed Disk Drive menu opens showing drive availability and status. www.gateway.com 43

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Partitioning the new drive
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Creating a primary partition
A
primary
DOS partition contains the essential system files required to start up
your computer. To load these system files on the hard drive, you have to use
the FDISK program to create a primary DOS partition and make the partition
active.
To create a primary partition with FAT16:
1
Insert the
System Restoration Kit CD
or
System Restoration CD
into your CD
or DVD drive.
2
Restart your computer. The Main menu opens.
3
Close the Main menu.
4
Type
fdisk
, then press
E
NTER
.
5
Type
N
. Large disk support is disabled.
6
If you have only one hard drive in your computer, go to Step 8.
- OR -
If you have more than one hard drive in your computer type
5
, then press
E
NTER
. The
Change Current Fixed Disk Drive
menu opens showing drive
availability and status.
Important
The FDISK program is not available in Windows XP. A
primary partition is created when Windows XP is installed
on the hard drive. During the Windows XP installation
process, you can also select the size and type of other
partitions. If you leave any part of the hard drive
unpartitioned, you can create the extended partition and
assign logical drives by following the procedures “To create
an extended partition using Windows XP NTFS:” on
page 48 and “To create a logical drive using Windows XP
NTFS:” on page 49. We recommend that you use NTFS
for all partitions.