Gateway DX4320 Hardware Installation Guide - Page 56
Formatting a partition or slave drive using Windows, WindowsMe, Windows2000, or Wind...
View all Gateway DX4320 manuals
Add to My Manuals
Save this manual to your list of manuals |
Page 56 highlights
Chapter 6: Setting up the New Drive Manually Formatting a partition or slave drive using Windows If an operating system has not been installed on this or another drive, format the primary partition of a boot drive before following this procedure. For instructions, see "Formatting a primary partition using DOS" on page 50. To format a partition or slave drive in Windows XP, Windows Me, Windows 2000, Windows 98, or Windows 95: 1 Double-click the My Computer icon on your desktop. The My Computer window opens. - OR- Click Start, then click My Computer. The My Computer window opens. 2 Right-click the hard drive you want to format. 3 Click Format. The Format Local Disk window opens. 4 Select the drive format options, then click Start. 52 www.gateway.com