Partitioning The External Hard Disk; Partition Under Windows 98/Me - VIPowER VP-9059 User Manual

5. Partitioning the External Hard Disk

5-1 Partition Under Windows 98/ME

Boot-up the computer into Windows 98/ME. Next, connect your
external Hard Disk Drive to the 1394 port.
There are two methods to partition and format your external Hard
Disk Drive.
Method 1
Step1:
Click on [Start], select [Control Panel] in [Settings], double click
[System] and open [Hard disk controllers].
Step2:
You should see the external Hard Disk you just added. Highlight
the external Hard Disk and choose [Properties], select [Settings].
Set the external Hard Disk to [Removable].
Step3:
After restarting the system, a removable HDD is added to [My
Computer]. Choose the removable HDD and right click button of
mouse. Select [Format] to format your external Hard Disk Drive.
You can only set the external Hard Disk Drive to one partition using
this method.
Method 2
Step1:
Go into MS-DOS mode by clicking on [Start], then choose the
[MS-DOS Prompt] in [Programs].
Step2:
At the DOS prompt, type [FDISK] and press Enter.
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