Partitioning With A Computer - Kurzweil K2500 - MUSICIANS GUIDE Musician’s Manual Supplement

System Software Versions 2.98 and 4.44 (Disk Partitioning)
Partitioning Your Hard Disk

Partitioning With a Computer

You can partition disks for the K2500 using a DOS-capable computer that's compatible with the
FAT-16 file format. This works well on DOS and Windows machines (consequently that's the
focus of this description). We don't have any reliable recommendations for partitioning disks
with a Macintosh.
Partitioning with a PC gives you greater flexibility in defining the number and size of partitions
on your hard disk. Unless this flexibility is extremely important to you, however, we strongly
recommend that you use the K2500 to partition your hard disk for use with either a PC or a Mac.
Our tests show that this provides the greatest cross-platform compatibility.
For example, partitions created by the K2500 are visible to any PC that's compatible with the
FAT-16 file format. These partitions are also visible to any Mac running System 8.5 (or later), and
version 3.0.2 (or later) of the File Exchange extension. On the other hand, partitions created on a
PC are less likely to be accessible on older Macs.
Formatting from the PC requires FDISK , a disk-partitioning utility that's built into Windows 95
and Windows 98.
1. If you haven't already done a hard format, do so now, as described on page 3. Doing a
2. On the PC, start FDISK by typing FDISK at a DOS command prompt (or in the Run
3. Respond with N (No), because you don't want support for large hard disks (although
4. Use Menu Option 5 to select the drive to format.
5. Use Menu Option 1 to create a primary partition. Specify a size up to 2 G.
6. When the primary partition is complete, choose Option 2 to create an extended partition.
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8. When you're finished partitioning, press escape several times to exit FDISK .
9. Restart the computer.
10. Format each of the new partitions (using the drive letters you created with Steps 5
Partitioning from a PC is more time-consuming, but gives you more control over the number
and size of your partitions.
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Nevertheless, there's some Mac-specific information beginning on page 8.
hard format is important for ensuring data integrity. When the hard format is complete,
the K2500 returns to Disk mode, and you can proceed with Step 2.
menu). FDISK prompts you to decide whether to enable support for large hard disks.
FDISK doesn't mention it by name, large-hard-disk format is FAT-32 —answering No
specifies FAT-16 format, which is compatible with the K2500).
At the prompt, select any size (up to the 8 G limit; including the primary partition), or
select the default size to use the remainder of the drive for the extended partition. Press
Escape to begin partitioning. When the partition is complete, you'll have the opportunity
to create one or more logical drives within the extended partition (as described in Step 7).
The K2500 recognizes each of these logical drives as a separate partition).
When the extended partition is complete, you'll see a prompt asking you to specify the
size for a logical drive. Specify a size up to 2 G, then press Escape . When the logical drive
is complete, the prompt returns. Repeat this step until you've used the remaining space in
the extended partition. Each of these partitions (logical drives) gets a drive letter as you
create it. Keep track of these, because you'll need to format each partition. At any time in
this process, you can use FDISK Menu 3 to display the current list of partitions.
through 7). You can do this from the DOS prompt, or from Windows Explorer.