How To Display Partition Data - Tandy 1500HD User Manual

User's Guide
Press
ENTER
to accept the default selection (v).
FDISK pauses and then displays the following
message:
S y s t e m w i l l now restart
I n s e r t
D O S
diskette i n
d r i v e A:
Press any key when ready
.
.
.
Put your MS-DOS system diskette in Drive A, and
press any key to restart MS-DOS.
Now that you have created your MS-DOS partition,
you must format your hard disk so that MS-DOS
can use
it.
Enter the FORMAT command as out-
lined in "Using Format", if you intend not to use the
Display Partition Data option.
How to Display Partition Data
If you choose the fourth option on the main menu,
FDISK displays a menu that contains information
about each of the partitions on your hard disk.
For example, the Display Partition Information
menu might look like this:
D i s p l a y P a r t i t i o n I n f o r m a t i o n
C u r r e n t F i x e d D i s k
Drive:
1
Partition Status Type Start End Size
C:l
A
PRIDOS 0 6 1 3 6 1 4
T o t a l d i s k space i s 614 c y l i n d e r s .
P r e s s
E S C
t o r e t u r n t o F d i s k O p t i o n s
This information screen shows the partition's num-
ber, status, type, starting and ending cylinder num-
bers, and size (in cylinders).
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