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Partitioning your Freecom Classic Mobile 2.5" Hard Drive (PC only)
6.3.1 Deleting a partition on the Freecom Classic Mobile 2.5" Hard
Drive under Windows 98SE / ME
The following steps will explain how to delete a partition on your Freecom
Classic Mobile 2.5" Hard Drive.
1. Click on the "Start" button.
2. Select "Run".
3. Enter "fdisk" and confirm with "OK".
4. fdisk will be started. Answer the question "Do you wish to enable large disk
support?" by pressing the 'Return' key. FAT32 is now activated.
5. Choose Option 5 "(Change current fixed disk drive)" by pressing '5' and
'Return'.
6. Select the hard disk to be deleted by its number. ATTENTION: Please make
sure that the correct drive is selected. Selecting the wrong drive will lead to
a loss of your data!
7. Choose Option "3 (Delete partition or Logical DOS Drive)" by pressing '3' and
'Return'.
8. Your Freecom Classic Mobile 2.5" Hard Drive comes formatted as primary
partition. Select option 1 "Delete Primary DOS Partition" by pressing '1' and
'Return'.
9. Select the partition to be deleted by pressing its number and 'Return'.
10. Enter the drive label and press 'Return'.
11. Confirm with 'Y' and 'Return' to delete the partition.
12. Press the 'ESC' key to return to the fdisk options.
13. Press 'ESC' to exit fdisk. Stop your hard disk by using the hot unplug icon in
the lower right corner of your screen and remove the USB cable from your
hard disk. Afterwards connect your hard disk again with your computer. The
hard disk will now be recognized by Windows.
6.3.2 Creating a partition on the Freecom Classic Mobile 2.5" Hard
Drive under Windows 98 SE / ME
The following steps will guide you the process of creating partitions on your
Freecom Classic Mobile 2.5" Hard Drive under Windows 98SE/ME. After this
procedure your Freecom Classic Mobile 2.5" Hard Drive will be ready for use and
it will be allocated a drive letter.
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