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After you click Custom, the integrity of your system's existing FAT table is
verified.
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If the table is functional, a Partitioning the Hard Drive screen appears
with options allowing you to retain the present partition structure or
partition the hard disk using FAT16 or FAT32.
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If the existing partition table is not functional, the system performs an
"Auto" restore as described in "Auto Rebuild and Restore."
3. If you want to partition and reformat the hard drive, go to
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The Format Mode screen appears with four options: Back, Quick, Full, and
Exit.
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4. After you select the type of hard drive format you want to do (Quick or
Full), the Formatting Drive(s) screen appears with a status bar showing the
progress of the formatting.
After the drive has been reformatted, the Installing Applications screen
appears, indicating the status as the operating system loads from the CD.
The drivers and other software components required for the operating
system are also loaded from the CD.
After the OS finishes loading, the "Operating System Restore Completed"
screen appears. Skip to
5. To partition the hard drive, click
Drive screen. The Partition Information screen appears (in Windows 95 and
Windows 98 systems; in Windows NT 4.0 systems, the FAT16 Partition
warning appears as described in
6. The Partition Information screen has three options and lets you select the
File Allocation Table (FAT) type you want to use for the operating system
restore:
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Windows 95 and Windows 98 systems only).
Note:
95 or Windows 98 system configured for FAT 32.
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to retain the present partition structure on the hard drive.
Back
to return to the Partition Information screen.
Quick
to do a quick hard drive format.
to do a full hard drive format.
Full
Exit
to terminate the restore process.
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step 6
to select the FAT16 allocation table (current FAT type).
FAT 16
to select the FAT32 allocation table (available for
FAT 32
Some older software may not work in a Windows
on the Partitioning the Hard
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step 7
. Otherwise,
step 5
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