Appendix B: Partition And Format - AMD M3A78-EMH HDMI User Manual

Appendix B: Partition and Format

In order for your operating system to recognize and work with the physical drives
attached to your AMD SB6xx/SB7xx Controller, the drives must be partitioned
and formatted.
• If your drives were previously partitioned and formatted they are ready to use
and you can skip this procedure
• If your drives have not been partitioned and formatted, you must do that job
before you can use them
The actions of partitioning and formatting create a file structure on the physical
drives with which your operating system can work. In the example below, we
show how this is done in Windows.
A similar procedure is required for Linux PC's. However, partitioning and
formatting in Linux is not automated, therefore please refer to your system
documentation for the exact procedure.
1. From the desktop, right-click the My Computer icon and choose Manage
from the popup menu. The Computer Management window opens.
2. From the left menu, click Disk Management. The Disk Management window
opens with your new logical drive identified as Disk 1. The Initialize Wizard
appears automatically.
If you plan to boot your computer from this logical drive, the
partitioning and formatting are done when you install the OS onto
the logical drive. The instructions here are for data logical drives
only.
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