FDISK part2

2.2 Let's Partition A Drive!
Enough of that. Let’s do some partitioning. 

I’m going to do two examples here. 

In the first example, we will have only one hard drive, 

4.5 GB in size. The Operating System we will be using 

will be Windows 95 A. The same limitations for this OS

also apply to DOS, Windows 3.1 and to some extent to 

Windows NT 4.0 and earlier.



In the second example, we will have two hard drives.
The first will be 8.4 GB and the second will be 10 GB.
We’ll be using these with Windows 98. The same limitations
apply to Windows 2000.


Example 1.

Since we are using an OS which has a 2 GB size limitation
for partitions, we’ll have to create multiple partitions to be
able to use all of the drive. There’s a number of ways
to do this. Since it’s a 4.5 GB drive, we could create two
2 GB partitions and one 500MB partition or we could create
three 1.5 GB partitions.

First we need to run FDISK. Since we using a Windows 95
we will not enable large drive support. If you are prompted
with this when starting FDISK, choose [N]o.

We should now be at FDISK’s main menu. 

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Microsoft Windows 98
                  Fixed Disk Setup Program
            (C)Copyright Microsoft Corp. 1993 - 1998

FDISK Options

Current Fixed Disk Drive: 1

Choose one of the following:

1.Create DOS partition or Logical DOS Drive
2.Set Active Partition
3.Delete partition or Logical DOS Drive
4.Display Partition Information
5.Change current fixed disk drive

Enter choice: [1]


Press ESC to exit FDISK
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Choose Option 1 to Create a DOS Partition.


Next, you’ll be asked what - kind - of partition to create as
shown below. We need to create a Primary DOS Partition and
make it active so that we can boot off of this drive.
To do so, we’ll choose Option 1.

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Create DOS Partition or Logical DOS Drive

Current fixed disk drive: 1

Choose one of the following:

1.Create Primary DOS Partition
2.Create Extended DOS Partition
3.Create Logical DOS Drive(s) in the Extended DOS Partition



Enter choice: [1]



Press ESC to return to FDISK Options
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FDISK will prompt us as to how large we want to make this
partition. If we do not enter a number, it will make
the partition as large as it can. Since we are limited
to 2 GB partitions, that’s how large it will make it.  We’re 
going to make ours the maximum size allowed, so we’ll just
hit enter to continue. At the same time as FDISK creates
the partition it will make it Active.

Some older versions of FDISK will not do this for you and
you will need to return to the main menu by pressing ESC
and then selecting Option 2 to choose the partition
to make Active.

The Partition we just created will now become Drive C:
Now we need to create an Extended DOS Partition to hold
our logical DOS drives. Since you can only have one
Extended DOS Partition per hard drive, we’ll create it
using all available drive space.

From the Create Partition or Logical DOS Drive menu,
we’ll choose Option 2 and then tell FDISK to use all
remaining available space - in fact, this is the default.

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Create DOS Partition or Logical DOS Drive

Current fixed disk drive: 1

Choose one of the following:

1.Create Primary DOS Partition
2.Create Extended DOS Partition
3.Create Logical DOS Drive(s) in the Extended DOS Partition



Enter choice: [1]




Press ESC to return to FDISK Options
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FDISK will create the partition for us and then we’ll be
asked if we wish to create any Logical DOS Drives within
the partition. The answer of course, is yes.

Creating a Logical DOS Drive is the same as Creating
a Primary DOS Partition. Again, we’ll be asked how large
we want to make the Drive and then it’ll be created
for us. We’re going to have a 2 GB Logical DOS Drive
so you can either specify a size in MB or let FDISK
make one as large as it can for you. Remember,
1 GB = 1024 MB so for a 2 GB Logical DOS Drive,
we can specify 2048 MB as the size.

This second Logical DOS Drive has now become Drive D:

We still have some space remaining - about 500 MB,
so let’s create another Logical DOS Drive using
all remaining drive space.

This third Logical DOS Drive is now Drive E:

We’ve finished partitioning this drive!
On to the next example.


Example 2.

In this example, we have two hard drives. The first will
is 8.4 GB and the second will be 10 GB. We’ll be using
these with Windows 98. We’ll leave the first drive as
one big partition. The second drive will be divided in half.

Since we’re using Windows 98 and it supports large drives,
when FDISK asks if we want to enable large disk access,
we’ll say [Y]es.



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Your computer has a disk larger than 512MB. This version of
Windows includes improved support for large disks,
resulting in more efficient use of disk space on large drives,
and allowing disks over 2 GB to be formatted as a single drive.

IMPORTANT: If you enable large disk support and create any
new drives on this disk, you will not be able to access
the new drive(s) using other operating systems,
including some versions of Windows 95 and Windows NT,
as well as earlier versions of Windows and MS-DOS.
In addition, disk utilities that were not designed
explicitly for the FAT32 file system will not be able
to work with this disk. If you need to access this disk with other 
operating systems or older disk utilities,
do not enable large drive support.

Do you wish to enable large disk support (Y/N). . . . .? [Y]
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At FDISK’s main menu we’ll select Option 1 to create
a partition and then we’ll choose Option 1 again to Create
a Primary DOS Partition. When prompted as to how large
we want the partition to be, we’ll tell FDISK to make it
the maximum allowable size - which in this case will be
the whole drive.

This partition will be set Active and will be automatically
assigned as Drive C:

Now, we’ll return to the main menu because we need
to work on the second hard drive - this one has just been
partitioned.

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                        Microsoft Windows 98
                     Fixed Disk Setup Program
               (C)Copyright Microsoft Corp. 1993 - 1998

FDISK Options

Current Fixed Disk Drive: 1

Choose one of the following:

1.Create DOS partition or Logical DOS Drive
2.Set Active Partition
3.Delete partition or Logical DOS Drive
4.Display Partition Information
5.Change current fixed disk drive

Enter choice: [1]


Press ESC to exit FDISK
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Choose Option 5 to be presented with a list of
available drives. Here’s an example.

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Change Current Fixed Disk Drive

Disk    Drv    Mbytes    Free    Usage
  1            19571              100%
         C:     6150
         D:    13421
  2            19564        8     100%
         E:    19556
  3            13037        8     100%
         F:    11037
                1992



(1 Mbyte = 1048576 Bytes)
Enter Fixed Disk Drive Number (1-3). . . . . . . . . . [1]

Press ESC to return to FDISK Options
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In the example above, there are actually 3 drives listed
- we have only two, so we’ll select Disk 2 and
then press Enter. FDISK will now be working on 
the second hard drive we have installed in our system.

We should be back at the main menu again. As before,
we’ll choose Option 1 to allow us to create a partition.
In this case, we’re going to create an Extended DOS Partition
and then make some Logical DOS Drives within it.

As in Example 1,
we’ll select Option 2 to create the partition.

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Create DOS Partition or Logical DOS Drive

Current fixed disk drive: 1

Choose one of the following:

1.Create Primary DOS Partition
2.Create Extended DOS Partition
3.Create Logical DOS Drive(s) in the Extended DOS Partition



Enter choice: [1]




Press ESC to return to FDISK Options
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When prompted as to how large we want to create the partition,
we’ll tell FDISK to use the whole drive.  Remember, we decided
to split this drive in half so after the partition is created
and FDISK asks us how large we want to make the first Logical
DOS Drive, we’ll say 50%.  Once that drive is created,
FDISK should ask us if we wish to continue making drives
- if it doesn’t, just return to the Create menu and choose
Option 3. This time, we’ll let FDISK use all the remaining
space on the drive which should be 50%.

Hit ESC a few times to get out of the FDISK program and
be prepared to reboot your computer.
It’s time to format those drives!

Fdisk Part1 

Fdisk Part2  

Fdisk Part3  

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