Partitioning and Formatting Using Disk Manager
The Disk Manager software contains programs that can partition, format, and prepare your drive for the installation of an operating system.
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1. | Turn |
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2. | Insert | theDisk Manager |
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3. | Follow | the | instructions |
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4. | When | the | Disk Manager |
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5. | Return | to | the | main | menu, | select | Easy | Disk | Installation | , and | ||||||||
| press | Enter | to accept | the | default | partitioning. | If | you | do | not want | ||||||||
| to | accept | the | default | drive | partitioning, | select | Advanced | Disk |
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| Installation | to choose your own partition sizes. |
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6. | Follow | the | instructions |
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| partitioning | process. | Install | your | operating system | as | described | in | ||||||||||
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