Partitioning With A Computer - Kurzweil K2661 Musician's Manual

Disk Mode
Disk Partitioning
5. The display shows
When Disks Are Already Partitioned
If the hard disk you've selected for formatting is already partitioned, the display you see at
Step 2 prompts you to decide whether to reformat the entire disk. Press Yes if you want to
reformat the whole disk, then proceed with Step 3.
If you don't want to reformat the entire disk, press No at Step 2. The display prompts you to
decide whether to format a single partition. Press Yes, and the display prompts you to select a
partition to format. By the way, this is a quick method for deleting all the files in a single
partition.

Partitioning With a Computer

You can partition disks for the K2661 using a DOS-capable computer that's compatible with the
FAT-16 file format. This works well on DOS and Windows machines (consequently that's the
focus of this description). We don't have any reliable recommendations for partitioning disks
with a Macintosh.
page 13-82.
Partitioning with a PC gives you greater flexibility in defining the number and size of partitions
on your hard disk. Unless this flexibility is extremely important to you, however, we strongly
recommend that you use the K2661 to partition your hard disk for use with either a PC or a Mac.
Our tests show that this provides the greatest cross-platform compatibility.
For example, partitions created by the K2661 are visible to any PC that's compatible with the
FAT-16 file format. These partitions are also visible to any Mac running System 8.5 (or later), and
version 3.0.2 (or later) of the File Exchange extension. On the other hand, partitions created on a
PC are less likely to be accessible on older Macs.
Formatting from the PC requires FDISK, a disk-partitioning utility that's built into Windows 95
and Windows 98.
1. If you haven't already done a hard format, do so now, as described on page 13-77. Doing a
2. On the PC, start FDISK by typing FDISK at a DOS command prompt (or in the Run
3. Respond with N (No), because you don't want support for large hard disks (although
4. Use Menu Option 5 to select the drive to format.
5. Use Menu Option 1 to create a primary partition. Specify a size up to 2 G.
6. When the primary partition is complete, choose Option 2 to create an extended partition.
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the disk, and is the number of partitions that the disk will contain. This is the last chance
to abort the formatting process. If you do a soft reset while this message is visible, you'll
cancel the format. Each partition takes about 30 seconds to format.
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Nevertheless, there's some Mac-specific information beginning on
hard format is important for ensuring data integrity. When the hard format is complete,
the K2661 returns to Disk mode, and you can proceed with Step 2.
menu). FDISK prompts you to decide whether to enable support for large hard disks.
FDISK doesn't mention it by name, large-hard-disk format is FAT-32—answering No
specifies FAT-16 format, which is compatible with the K2661).
At the prompt, select any size (up to the 8 G limit; including the primary partition), or
select the default size to use the remainder of the drive for the extended partition. Press
Escape to begin partitioning. When the partition is complete, you'll have the opportunity
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