Using A Partitioned Hard Drive - Compaq Armada 7700 Reference Manual

Using a Partitioned Hard Drive

The hard drive in your computer may be partitioned into up to
four logical drives.
Compaq partitions preinstalled hard drives with capacities greater
than 2 gigabytes (GB) because Microsoft Windows operating
systems using 16-bit file allocation tables do not recognize hard
drive capacities greater than 2 GB.
The first partition contains the Computer Setup and Diagnostics
software accessed by pressing at startup. The second two
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partitions each have a capacity of 2 GB. The fourth partition
contains all additional capacity.
You will find all preinstalled software on drive C.
Any extended partition you may find on your computer, such as a
drive E, is formatted and ready for data.
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