Partitioning a hard drive

Partitioning a hard drive

IT Contains Two Steps

1. Removing an existing Partition
   
   
2. Creating a new partition
   

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Removing an existing Partition

Now to begin, you will need a MS Dos6.xx or Windows9x
boot disk.

Step One
Insert your Windows95/98 Startup Disk (or DOS 6 boot disk) in the A:
Drive. Turn on the computer with the floppy disk drive in the A:
drive.

When the computer has finished booting you
should be at the A: Prompt. (If your computer still boots to the C: drive or
continues to load into Windows, then you make sure the boot sequence of the
computers BIOS/CMOS is set to boot from the floppy drive, (A,C)
first.)

Step Two
From the A: prompt type: FDISK
[Press-Enter]

Windows95b(OSR2) and Win98 will give you this
prompt:

Do you wish to enable large disk
support (Y/N)..? [Y]

(Yes is 32bit fat and NO is 16bit fat) If you
wish a partition larger than 2gigs, choose [Y]. See our FAQ 16bit
partitions vs 32bit partitions.

IMPORTANT: If you enable large disk support and create any new drives on this disk,
you will not be able to access the new drive(s) using other operating systems,
including some versions of Windows 95 and Windows NT, as well as earlier
versions of Windows and MS-DOS. In addition, disk utilities that were not
designed explicitly for the FAT32 file system will not be able to work with this
disk. If you need to access this disk with other operating systems or
older disk utilities, do not enable large drive support.

Now this screen will
appear:

Press 3 and then press [Enter]. At this point it is all very
simple. Just begin by selecting the partition you wish deleted and follow
the instructions on the screen.

Creating a New Partition

Step One
Insert your Windows95/98 Startup Disk (or DOS 6 boot disk) in the A:
Drive. Turn on the computer with the floppy disk drive in the A:
drive.

When the computer has finished booting you
should be at the A: Prompt. (If your computer still boots to the C: drive or
continues to load into Windows, then you make sure the boot sequence of the
computers BIOS/CMOS is set to boot from the floppy drive, (A,C)
first.)

Step Two
From the A: prompt type: FDISK
[Press-Enter]

Windows95b(OSR2) and Win98 will give you this
prompt:

Do you wish to enable large
disk support (Y/N)..? [Y]

(Yes is 32bit fat and NO is 16bit fat) If you
wish a partition larger than 2gigs, choose [Y]. See our FAQ 16bit
partitions vs 32bit partitions.

IMPORTANT: If you enable large disk support and create any new drives on this disk,
you will not be able to access the new drive(s) using other operating systems,
including some versions of Windows 95 and Windows NT, as well as earlier
versions of Windows and MS-DOS. In addition, disk utilities that were not
designed explicitly for the FAT32 file system will not be able to work with this
disk. If you need to access this disk with other operating systems or
older disk utilities, do not enable large drive support.

Now this screen will
appear:

STEP THREE
First thing to do is determine if
you have a partition on the hard drive. Choose
4 and [Press Enter] If you are ready to
proceed, this screen will display a message of: "No
paritions defined." [Press Esc] to
return to the previous screen. NOTE: If any
partitions are displayed you will need to delete them to proceed.

Now, we have no partitions on the drive, Choose 1 and [Press
Enter].

Now this screen will
appear:

Choose 1
and [Press Enter].

STEP FOUR
Now, a screen will appear with this
question:

Do you if you want to partition the
full size of the drive? Choose [Y] and [Press ENTER]

You will be asked "Do you wish to Set the
Partition as Active?" Choose [Y] and [Press Enter]

When FDISK has finished creating the
partition:
[press ESC] and exit
FDISK. Your system must reboot inorder for it to use the new
partition. Time now to REBOOT.