Partitioning Of The Pcu Hard Disk - Siemens SINUMERIK 840DiE sl Manual

16 Software Installation/Update and Data Backup

16.2 Partitioning of the PCU hard disk

16.2 Partitioning of the PCU hard disk
Partitions
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The PCU hard disk is divided into 4 partitions (3 primary partitions and an ex-
tended partition). For data security purposes, the SINUMERIK 840Di sl system
software, the Windows system software and the Service software are installed
on different partitions.
The diagram below shows the partitioning of the hard disk when the control
system is supplied:
active
C: D:
NTFS
Name: EMERGENCY Name:
Content: Tools Content: Images,
Primary partition Extended partition
with logical drive
Fig. 16-3 Partitioning the hard disk
1st partition/drive C:
Drive C: is reserved for service tasks under WinPE 2005.
2nd partition/drive D:
Drive D: contains the following directories:
– Images
Contains preinstalled and own images
– Install
The software to be installed is first copied into this directory before
actual installation under Windows XP.
– Update
The directory is used for subsequent installation of Windows XP
system software.
3rd partition/drive E:
Drive E: is reserved for the Windows XP system software.
4th partition/drive F:
Drive F: contains the SINUMERIK–specific applications, e.g. the
SINUMERIK 840Di sl system software.
It is also used for installing user–specific applications, e.g. SINUMERIK
user interfaces, HMI OEM applications or SIMATIC STEP7.
E:
NTFS NTFS
TMP Name: SYSTEM
Content: Windows XP
Install,
Updates
Primary partition
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F:
NTFS
Name: USER
Content: 840Di sl System
Software
Primary partition