11.3
Partitioning the hard disk
11.3
11.3.1
Setting up the partitions under Windows XP Embedded
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
Partitioning the Compact Flash card
The factory state of the Compact Flash card includes the following partitions:
Partition
1. Partition
2. Partition
* Due to partitioning/formatting, the actual Compact Flash capacity does not correspond to
the memory size specified on the Compact Flash.
In order to revert to the original factory state partitions, we recommend using the software
tool SIMATIC PC/PG Image Creator. Detailed information about using this tool is available in
the manufacturer documentation.
11.3.2
Setting up partitions under Windows XP Professional / Windows 2000 MUI
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
Partitioning the hard disk
The factory state of the hard disk with Windows XP Professional includes the following
partitions:
Partition
1. Partition
2. Partition
In order to revert to the original factory state partitions, we recommend using the software
tool SIMATIC PC/PG Image Creator. Detailed information about using this tool is available in
the manufacturer documentation.
SIMATIC Box PC 627
Operating Instructions, Release 05/2006, A5E00362052-03
Name
Size of the card
512 Mbytes
system
455 Mbytes
DATA
Rest *
Name
system
DATA
1 Gbytes
867 Mbytes
Rest *
Size
15 GB
Rest
Maintenance and service
11.3 Partitioning the hard disk
File system
NTFS (compressed)
NTFS (compressed)
File system
NTFS (not compressed)
NTFS (not compressed)
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