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16 Medalist 4342, 3232 and 2122, Rev. C Standard DOS installation ! Caution. Partitioning or formatting a drive erases all data on it. Seagate assumes no liability if you erase your data. Drive partitioning Partitioning a hard drive divides it into sections (partitions) that function as separate logical drives (labeled C,D,E, etc.). Because DOS computers cannot access partitions larger than 2.1 Gbytes, you must divide large-capacity hard drives into multiple partitions. In creating partitions, keep in mind that the larger the partition, the more drive space is taken up in unused clusters. For this reason, if most of your files are smaller than 32 Kbytes, you should use partitions of 1 Gbyte or less. To partition your new drive: 1. Insert a bootable DOS diskette into your diskette drive and restart your computer. (Seagate recommends using DOS Version 5.0 or later.) 2. Insert a DOS program diskette that has the FDISK.EXE and FORMAT.COM programs into your diskette drive. At the A: prompt, type FDISK and press ENTER. 3. If you have two hard drives installed, the FDISK menu displays five options. Option five allows you to select the drive you want to partition. Make sure that your new drive is selected. 4. Select "Create DOS partition or logical DOS drive" by pressing 1. Then press ENTER.

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Medalist 4342, 3232 and 2122, Rev. C
Standard DOS installation
Caution.
Partitioning or formatting a drive erases all
data on it. Seagate assumes no liability if you erase
your data.
Drive partitioning
Partitioning a hard drive divides it into sections (partitions) that
function as separate logical drives (labeled C,D,E, etc.).
Because DOS computers cannot access partitions larger than
2.1 Gbytes, you must divide large-capacity hard drives into multi-
ple partitions. In creating partitions, keep in mind that the larger
the partition, the more drive space is taken up in unused clusters.
For this reason, if most of your files are smaller than 32 Kbytes,
you should use partitions of 1 Gbyte or less.
To partition your new drive:
1.
Insert a bootable DOS diskette into your diskette drive and
restart your computer. (Seagate recommends using DOS Ver-
sion 5.0 or later.)
2.
Insert a DOS program diskette that has the FDISK.EXE and
FORMAT.COM programs into your diskette drive. At the A:
prompt, type
FDISK
and press
ENTER
.
3.
If you have two hard drives installed, the FDISK menu displays
five options. Option five allows you to select the drive you
want to partition. Make sure that your new drive is selected.
4.
Select “Create DOS partition or logical DOS drive” by pressing
1
. Then press
ENTER
.
!