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Chapter 6: Setting up the New Drive Manually
Formatting a partition or slave drive using
Windows
If an operating system has not been installed on this or another drive, format
the primary partition of a boot drive before following this procedure. For
instructions, see "Formatting a primary partition using DOS" on page 50.
To format a partition or slave drive in Windows XP, Windows Me,
Windows 2000, Windows 98, or Windows 95:
1
Double-click the
window opens.
- OR-
Click
2
Right-click the hard drive you want to format.
3
Click
4
Select the drive format options, then click
52
My Computer
, then click
Start
My Computer
. The Format Local Disk window opens.
Format
www.gateway.com
icon on your desktop. The My Computer
. The My Computer window opens.
.
Start
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