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Installing		a	Secondary	Drive	for	DOS	or	Windows
Use	FDISK	and	FORMAT to	prepare	the	drive	if	you are using any of
the	following:

DOS

Windows 3.1x

Windows for Workgroups 3.1x

Windows 95

4.

To

create an extended

DOS

partition, select

Create DOS

partition

or

Logical

DOS

Drive

and

pressEnter .

The

default

size

is

the

maximum

available

partition

size.

5.

Select

Create

Extended

DOS

Partition

and

press

Enter .

The

default

size

is

the

remaining

space

on

the

drive.

6.

Select

a

size

and

pressEnter

. Because

you

can

create

only

one

extended

DOS

partition,

you

must

accept

the

default

size

to

use

the

full

capacity

of

your

drive.

When

you

use

FDISK

you

must

make

decisions

about

the

number

and

The

Create

Logical

DOS

Drive(s)

in

the

Extended

DOS Partition

types

of

partitions

that

you

want

to

create

on

the drive.

If

you create

screen

displays.

more

than

one

partition,

you

must

create

a

primary

partition

and

an

extended

DOS

partition

that

uses

the

remaining

space

on

the

drive.

After

you

have

created

the extended

DOS

partition,

you

can

You

can

then

create

logical

drives

in

the

extended

DOS

partition.

create

one

or

more logical

drives

in

the

extended

DOS

partition.

The

following

example

uses

the

DOS

FDISK

and

FORMAT

7.

Follow

the

instructions

on

the

screen

to

create

logical

drives

in

commands to

partition

and

format

a

typical

secondary

hard

disk

drive.

the

Extended

DOS

Partition.

1.

At

the

DOS

prompt

typefdisk

and

pressEnter

.

8.

Restart

your

computer

when

the

process completes.

2.

Check the Current fixed

disk

drive

number

to

be sure

that

you

9.

To

format

your

secondary

drive

(not

C:).

Typeformat

x:

(where

partition

the

correct

drive.

FDISK

displays

the

message

Current

x is

the

drive

letter

assigned

by

FDISK)

at

the

DOS

prompt

and

fixed

disk

drive

above the FDISK menu.

The default current

press

Enter .

fixed

disk

drive

number is the primary drive

(normally

1).

3.

Because

you

are

partitioning

a

secondary

drive,

select

Change

Current

Fixed

Disk

Drive

from

the

FDISK

menu

to

change

the

Current

fixed

disk

drive

number.

Select

a

new

drive

number

from

the

drive

list,

then

return

to

the

FDISK

menu.

If

you

have

only

one

hard

disk

drive,

Change

Current

Fixed

Disk

Drive

is

not

displayed

on

the

main

menu.

Part 2: Installation Guide 2-13