IBM ATA-3 manual Next, Enter, Deskstar Hard Disk Drive User’s Guide

The

largest

partition

size

that

you

can

create

under

the

DOS,

Windows

95, Windows 3.x, and OS/2

operating

systems

that

use 16-bit

file

allocation

table

(FAT)

conventions

is

approximately

2.14

GB. 1

When

you

are

installing

a

drive

larger

than 2.14

GB,

you

must

create

more

than

one

partition

to

use

the

full

capacity

of

your

drive.

If

you

are

using

the

high

performance

file

system

(HPFS)

conventions

with

OS/2,

see your

operating

system

documentation

for

partition

sizing

information.

To

create

the

maximum

partition

size

(2.14

GB)

when

you

are

using

the

DOS

based

FDISK

utility

to

partition your

drive,

you

must

enter

the

partition

size

as

2047

MB.

2

For

more

information

about

partition

sizing,

see

your

operating

system

user's

guide.

Also,

the Disk

Manager

Online

Manual

contains

information

about

clusters

and

how

to

assign

hard

disk

drive

partitions.

To

open

the

Disk Manager

manual from

the

DOS

prompt,

type

A:

and

press Enter

to

get

to

the

A:

prompt,

insertDisk Managerthe

Diskette,

type dm/h

,

and

pressEnter .

Determining

What

to

Do

Next

After

you

complete

the

hardware

installation,

you

must partition

and

format

your

new

drive

before

you can

use

it.

If

the

drive

you

are

installing

will

be

your

primary

drive

(the

drive

that

contains

the

operating

system)

and

you

will

NOT

be

using

the

Disk Manager

BIOS,

insert

the

first

operating

system

installation

diskette

into

the

diskette

drive;

then

restart

the

computer

and

follow

the

onscreen

prompts.

If you do not have operating

system

installation

diskettes,

see the

documentation

that

comes

with

your

operating

system.

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 Manager

BIOS,

insert

theDisk Manager

Diskette

into

the

diskette

drive;

then complete the following steps:

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 .

2 When software such as FDISK refers to memory capacity, MB means 1 048 576 bytes.

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