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box appears, indicating that the configuration has been saved, press the Enter
key. Your system will restart with the updated information.
Preparing Your Hard Disk
If your first hard disk is already partitioned and formatted with either the FAT or
NTFS file systems, you can omit the steps in the section "Partitioning and Formatting
the First Hard Disk" and begin installation of the Microsoft Windows NT software.
It is recommended that you partition and format your system's hard disk before
installing Windows NT software, even if your hard disk has already been partitioned
and formatted. Repartitioning and reformatting reduce the likelihood of operational
problems due to conflicting versions of the operating system or disk-related
problems.
Partitioning and Formatting Your Hard Disk
1. Insert the Microsoft Windows NT CDROM into your system's CDROM drive.
2. Turn on your system. After your system performs startup diagnostics, the screen
displays the Windows NT (ARC) console Boot menu.
3. From the Boot menu, select "Run a program" and press the Enter key. A
"Program to run" prompt appears.
4. Type cd: \alpha\arcinst and press the Enter key. The ARC Installation Program
screen is displayed.
5. Select "Configure Partitions" and press the Enter key. The available disk
partitioning options appear.
6. Select "Delete Partition" and press the Enter key. If your system has only one
hard disk, press the Enter key. If your system has more than one hard disk,
select the disk to be prepared, and press the Enter key.
Depending on the previous disk configuration, you might be notified that no
partitions exist, or you may see a list of one or more partitions. Follow the on-
screen prompts to delete all partitions on the disk.
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Note: If the first hard disk in your system currently
contains any information that you need, back that
information up to another medium before proceeding.
Note: Omit these steps if you want to maintain your
current partitions.
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