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Press [Esc] again to exit the FDISK utility., Press [1] and then press [Enter].

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Recovering lost or damaged software You see a message Enter logical drive size in Mbytes or percent of disk space (%)... 16. Enter the desired size for the logical drive and press [Enter]. If you do not use the maximum space allocated for the extended DOS partition, you will be prompted again with the message Enter logical drive size in Mbytes or percent of disk space (%)... Continue to enter the amount of space you want to allocate to the drives until the extended DOS partition is completely used. When you have finished allocating the space in the extended DOS partition, you will see the message All available space in the Extended DOS Partition is assigned to logical drives. Note the drives which are available (D, E, F, etc.). 17. Press [Esc]. You return to the "FDISK Options" screen. 18. Press [2], and then press [Enter]. You see the message Enter the number of the partition you want to make active. 19. Press [1] and then press [Enter]. You see the message Partition 1 made active. 20. Press [Esc] to return to the "FDISK Options" screen. 21. Press [Esc] again to exit the FDISK utility. You see a message prompting you to insert a DOS system diskette into drive A and press any key when ready. 22. Ensure that the bootable recovery diskette is inserted into your FDD, and then press [Enter]. 23. Type Format C: at the DOS prompt. You are warned that all your data on drive C will be lost. Press [Y] and then press [Enter]. Chapter 4. Solving computer problems 119

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Recovering lost or damaged software
You see a message
Enter logical drive size in Mbytes or percent of disk
space (%)...
16. Enter the desired size for the logical drive and press [Enter].
If you do not use the maximum space allocated for the extended
DOS partition, you will be prompted again with the message
Enter logical drive size in Mbytes or percent of disk
space (%)...
Continue to enter the amount of space you want to allocate to
the drives until the extended DOS partition is completely used.
When you have finished allocating the space in the extended
DOS partition, you will see the message
All available space in the Extended DOS Partition is
assigned to logical drives.
Note the drives which are available (D, E, F, etc.).
17. Press [Esc]. You return to the "FDISK Options" screen.
18. Press [2], and then press [Enter].
You see the message
Enter the number of the partition you want to make active.
19. Press [1] and then press [Enter].
You see the message
Partition 1 made active.
20. Press [Esc] to return to the "FDISK Options" screen.
21. Press [Esc] again to exit the FDISK utility.
You see a message prompting you to insert a DOS system
diskette into drive A and press any key when ready.
22. Ensure that the bootable recovery diskette is inserted into your
FDD, and then press [Enter].
23. Type
Format C:
at the DOS prompt. You are warned that all your
data on drive C will be lost. Press [Y] and then press [Enter].
Chapter 4.
Solving computer problems
119