How To Create A Dos Partition - Tandy 1500HD User Manual

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To return to MS-DOS from the main menu, press
ESC.
You can also use the
ESC
key to return to the
main menu from any FDISK menu.
Most FDISK menus display a default value. To
choose the default value, press
ENTER.
To
choose
another value, simply type the value you want, and
press
ENTER.
How to Create a DOS Partition
Choose the first option on the main menu. FDISK
displays a screen like the following. If no extended
partitions exist, the third option is not displayed:
C r e a t e DOS P a r t i t i o n
C u r r e n t F i x e d D i s k Drive: 1
1. Create P r i m a r y DOS P a r t i t i o n
2 . C r e a t e E x t e n d e d DOS P a r t i t i o n
3 . Create L o g i c a l DOS D r i v e ( s ) i n
t h e E x t e n d e d DOS P a r t i t i o n
E n t e r c h o i c e :
[l]
P r e s s ESC
t o
r e t u r n
t o
F d i s k O p t i o n s
Selection 1 : Create Primary DOS Partition
Press
ENTER
to accept the default selection (1) and
create a primary MS-DOS partition.
The Create Primary DOS Partition menu appears
next:
Create P r i m a r y DOS P a r t i t i o n
C u r r e n t F i x e d D i s k D r i v e : 1
D o
you
w i s h t o u s e t h e maximum s i z e
f o r a DOS p a r t i t i o n a n d make t h e DOS
p a r t it i o n a c t i v e
(Y/N)
...........................
?
[Yl
P r e s s ESC t o r e t u r n t o FDISK O p t i o n s
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