Using The Hard Drive - Samsung SN6000 Series User Manual

Using the Hard Drive

Your computer includes an IDE hard drive. The IDE hard drive can
store the data and programs your computer uses.
Although the storage capacity of hard drives varies according to model,
any hard drive holds much more than a floppy disk does. Also, the
computer reads and works with a hard drive more rapidly than with a
floppy disk.
Once information is saved on a hard drive, it remains there until it is
overwritten. Samsung hard drive heads park automatically when you
turn off your computer.
The drive in your computer is divided into partitions. Each partition is
2 GB or less so that the partitions can use a 16-bit file allocation table
(FAT-16). The file allocation table enables the partitions to locate files
and directories.Your computer recognizes each partition as a separate
drive, for example, if a hard drive has two partitions, they could be
recognized as drive C and drive D.
Although Windows 98 can work with FAT-16 or FAT-32 (a 32-bit file
allocation table), your computer has been supplied with FAT-16 as
there are software compatibility issues with FAT-32. Older software
that you may have (16-bit software) may require FAT-16 to run.
Similarly Windows NT 4.0 can use FAT-16 or NTFS (the Windows
NT file system). There are utilities included with Windows 98 and
Windows NT 4.0 to convert from FAT-16 to FAT-32 or NTFS, see the
documentation included with your operating system for more
information.
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The hard drive that comes with your computer
has already been formatted. Do not format the
hard drive. Doing so destroys all data
contained on the drive. If you need to format or
erase all data on your hard drive, refer to the
manual for your operating system.
It is not possible to convert from FAT-32 or
NTFS to FAT-16 without reformatting your hard
drive.
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