6620 Recovery Procedures | SECTION 3 |
Operations
These are the various program options in the PARTUTIL.EXE file and how and why to use them. You can view the source code by typing “partutil /?” from the DOS prompt. The general syntax for command line pa- rameters is partutil.exe drive /arg1 /arg2 /arg3
"NOTE: All command processing is done from left to right.
Drive: (as seen by INT13 services) 80, 81, etc. (Defaults to 80 or C:\ )
EXAMPLE: Partutil 81 /I D:\ = 81 thus use “81” not “D:\”
Options
/Q | Silent mode (no prompts or additional text) |
/X | Create the main data partition |
/J | Delete the main data partition |
/U | Create the extended partition |
/O | Delete the extended partition |
/T [!] [sectors] Create recovery partition, optional # sectors
/Y | Delete the recovery partition |
/C <size> | Create the |
| (size is in megabytes, see example). |
EXAMPLE: Partutil /C 35 creates 35 MB suspend to disk partition.
"NOTE: If you have a 48 MB RAM 6620 Computer, use a 52 MB partition. The general recovery process creates a 52 MB partition.
/G | Delete the |
/Z | Get INT13 drive information for specified device |
/I | Display partition information |
/E | Manually edit the partition information |
/R | Reboot system |
