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Medalist 1721, 1010, Rev. B
Standard DOS installation
Caution. Partitioning or formatting a drive erases all
!
data on it. Seagate assumes no liability if you erase
your data.
Drive partitioning
Partitioning a hard drive divides it into sections (partitions) that
behave as separate logical drives (labeled C,D,E, etc.). In creat-
ing partitions, keep in mind that the larger the partition, the more
drive space is taken up in unused clusters. For this reason, if
most of your files are smaller than 50 Kbytes, you should use
partitions of 1 Gbyte or less. To partition your new drive:
1. Insert a bootable DOS diskette into your diskette drive and
restart your computer. (Seagate recommends using DOS Ver-
sion 5.0 or greater.)
2. Insert a DOS program diskette that has the FDISK.EXE and
FORMAT.COM programs into your diskette drive. At the A:
prompt, type FDISK and press
3. If you have two hard drives installed, the FDISK menu dis-
plays five options. Option five allows you to select the drive
you want to partition. Make sure that your new drive is
selected.
4. Select "Create DOS partition or logical DOS drive" by press-
ing 1. Then press
ENTER
5. Select "Create primary DOS partition" by pressing 1 again.
Then press
. Create your first drive partition. If you are
ENTER
creating a partition that will be used to boot your computer
(drive C), make sure the partition is marked active.
.
ENTER
.
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