Partitioning - Atari Faicon030 Owner's Manual

Select OK to continue. A dialog box may appear, displaying a l ist of hard disk unit
types.
5.
Select the hard disk type showing your drive ' s model name.
6. OK
Select to continue.
7 .
Read the alert message that appears on screen.
Select OK to format the unit. A message appears informing you that formatti ng i s
in progress.
Note : When the partitioning message disappears, the formatting operation is
complete.
When the formatting is complete, the Format option automatically i n it iates the
Markbad and Part i tioning options. To find out more about these functions, refer to
the sections on Marking Bad Sectors and Partition i ng.
The default partition quanti ty and size i s determined by the hard disk drive model.
Partiti o n i ng
I f your computer contains an internal hard disk drive, i t w i l l already be partitioned.
Partitioning a hard disk i s a process that divides the disk into sections. Setting a
partition size tel l s the hard drive how much storage capacity to assign to each
part ition. You can use the factory-set parti tion capaci t ies or change the storage
capacity of each partition to suit your fiie organization needs.
Part itioning divides your physical hard disk into data storage areas called logical
dri ves. Each l ogical drive i s pre-installed and w i l l automatically appear on your
desktop unless you repartition the disk.
Advanced Hard Disk Utilities
Appendixes
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