Setting Up Partitions For Windows 2000, Xp, Server 2003 Operating Systems - Siemens SIMATIC Rack PC 547B Operating Instructions Manual

11.2.3.1

Setting up partitions for Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003 operating systems

After you have installed a new hard disk, or if partitions are faulty, or when you wish to
change the partitioning on your hard disk, you need to create or reconfigure partitions on the
hard disk.
CAUTION
When you delete or create partitions or logical DOS partitions, you lose all data on the hard
disk. All partitions on the hard disk will be deleted.
Microsoft recommends setup of the NTFS file system on hard disk partitions in Windows
operating systems. To do this, proceed as follows:
Setting up partitions
When shipped, the partitions are set up as follows:
Partition
First
First
Second
1. Boot from the Recovery CD and then follow the on-screen instructions until the Recovery
functions window is displayed.
2. Start the DiskPart tool in the "Siemens SIMATIC Recovery" window. Enter the following
commands in the displayed command interface:
List disk
Select disk 0
List partition
Clean
Create partition primary size=n Creates a primary partition with the n MB on the selected hard disk.
Select partition 1
Active
Exit
Additional DiskPart functions:
Help
SIMATIC Rack PC 547B
Operating Instructions, 12/2007, A5E01127519-02
Operating system
Windows 2000, XP
Server 2003
Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003
Displays all available hard disks.
Selects the disk where you wish to change the configuration. 0
selects the first hard disk.
Displays all partitions on the selected hard disk.
Completely wipes the selected hard disk. All information stored there
is lost.
Default values:
n = 15000 for Windows Server 2003,
n = 25000 for Windows 2000, XP
Selects the primary partition.
Activates the selected partition.
Closes DiskPart.
Shows all available DiskPart commands. When a command is
supplemented with other parameters, the command is described
with additional information.
Example: create partition help
Maintenance and service
11.2 Reinstalling the software
Name Size File system
PROG 25 GB NTFS not compressed
PROG 15 GB NTFS not compressed
DATA Remainder NTFS not compressed
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