IBM ATA-3 System, Partitioning, Using, Installing, Deskstar Hard Disk Drive User’s Guide

“Correcting	BIOS	Limitations and Partitioning Using Disk	Manager	BIOS, insert	theDisk Manager	Diskette into the diskette
Manager” on	page	2-15.	drive;	then complete the	following steps:

Using

Your

Operating

System

for

Partitioning

This

section

contains

instructions

about

partitioning

and

formatting

your hard disk drive for

the DOS, Windows, and OS/2 operating

systems.

Use

the

instructions

that

apply

to

your

operating

system. If

you are using any other

operating

system

or

for

more

information

on

partitioning

and

formatting a

drive,

see

the documentation

that

comes

with

your

computer.

Installing

the

Primary

Drive

for

DOS

and

Windows

If

you

are

installing

the

primary

drive

(the

drive

that

contains

the

operating

system)

and

you

will

NOT

be

using

Disk Manager

BIOS,

insert

the

first

operating

system

installation

diskette

into

the

diskette

drive;

then

restart

the

computer. The

operating

system

screens

lead

you

through

the

partitioning

and

formatting

process.

First

you

create

a

Primary

DOS

Partition

(the

partition

that

your

computer

starts

from).

The

primary

partition

default

size

is

the

maximum

available partition

size.

After

creating

the

primary

partition,

use

the

remaining

disk

space

to

create

an

Extended

DOS

Partition.

After

you

create

the

Extended

DOS

Partition,

the

Create

Logical

DOS

Drive(s)

in the

Extended

DOS

Partition displays.

Follow

the

instructions

on

the screen to create one

or

more

logical

drives

within

the

Extended

DOS

Partition.

If

the

drive

you

are

installing

will

be

your

primary

drive

(the

drive

that

contains

the

operating

system)

and

you

WILL

be

using

the

Disk

1. Turn on the computer.

2.

At

the"Welcome to Disk

Manager

"

banner,

press Enter .

3.

Read

messages and

press

Enter

to

continue.

4.

At

theDisk Manager

Main

Menu,

select

Easy

Disk

Installation

and

press

Enter .

Disk Manager

will

display

the

number

and

types

of

drives

found

on

your

system

and

ask

you

if

the

list

is

correct.

Follow

the

onscreen

prompts.

5.

Disk Manager

will

then

display

the

drive

capacity

partitions

selected

for

your

system

and

ask

if

you

wish

to

continue.

Select

Yes

and

press Enter

to

continue.

6.

Follow

the

onscreen

prompts.

You

will

be

prompted

to

insert

the

operation

system

diskettes in

the

diskette

drive

and

to

reboot

the

system when

appropriate.

After following the onscreen prompts, your

drive

will

be

successfully

partitioned

and

formatted

as

the

primary

drive

on

your

system.

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