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Formatting
The drive will need to be formatted before an operating system can be loaded. Format the Primary
partition and any Extended partitions that have been made. Note: If you have used Ontrack® Disk
Manager, the drive has been automatically formatted.
Refer to FDISK, option 4 to display the partition information. This is helpful to review drive letter
assignments. Note the drive letters to ensure proper formatting.
Press [ESC] to return to the main menu and exit FDISK. At the A:\ prompt type format x: /s (where x is
the drive letter). The /s option will make your hard drive bootable by copying the system files to the hard
drive. If you do not want this drive to be bootable, do not use the /s command. You will see the following
warning:
Type Y for yes. There should be no data on the new drive. The time it takes to format the drive is
dependent upon its size. When the drive has finished formatting, format the next logical drive, in this
case D: by typing format d: You will get the same message. Select Y.
Step 8: Operating system installation
After the drive has been formatted, install an operating system. You may encounter the following issues.
Windows® 95
Windows® 95 must be version OSR2 or later to support a drive larger than 8.4 GB.
OS/2 and OS/2 Warp
OS/2 Warp 4.0 only sees 7.9GB of the drive. The latest driver in Fixpak 10 will fix this problem. It is
available from the Online Device Driver Pack at:
IBM Hard Disk Drive Technical Support Center
WARNING: ALL DATA ON NON-REMOVABLE DISK
DRIVE C: WILL BE LOST!
Proceed with Format (Y/N)?
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