Commodore PC Ms-Dos 3.2 User's Manual page 385

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O Appendix F
_ Configuring Your Hard Disk
O (Fdisk)
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Introduction
^ ^ Hard disks can be divided into one to four separate sections,
called partitions. Partitions separate your hard disk into individual
areas, and each partition may contain a different operating system.
(^ To prepare your hard disk for the ms-dos operating system, you
must create a partition for ms-dos, called a DOS partition. You can
create a DOS partition on your hard disk by using a menu-driven
f0^ utility called fdisk. You must use fdisk if you want to:
■ prepare your hard disk for ms-dos
^\ ■ create a DOS partition
■ change the active partition
■ delete a DOS partition
' : ■ display partition information
■ choose the next hard disk on your computer
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If you want to use your entire hard disk for ms-dos, you will use
the fdisk program only once to create the DOS partition.
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Note Many computer stores configure hard disk computers for
^^^ ms-dos, so you may not need to use fdisk They may also format
(i your hard disk to start ms-dos when you turn the power on. To
find out whether this has been done, try to start ms-dos from your
hard disk, or run fdisk and try to create a DOS partition. Fdisk
f~*\ displays a message if your hard disk already has a DOS partition.