Seagate BARRACUDA ATA FAMILY ST320430A - Manual (Page 18)

14 Barracuda ATA Family Installation Guide, Rev. A
Standard DOS installation
Caution. Partitioning or formatting a drive erases all data
on it. Seagate assumes no liability if you erase your data.
Drive partitioning
Partitioning a hard drive divides it into sections (partitions) that
function as separate logical drives (labeled C,D,E, etc.).
To partition your new drive using DOS:
1. Insert a bootable DOS diskette into your diskette drive and
restart your computer. (Seagate recommends using DOS
Version 5.0 or greater.)
2. Insert a DOS program diskette that has the FDISK.EXE and
FORMAT.COM programs into your diskette drive. At the A:
prompt, type fdisk and press
ENTER .
3. If you have two hard drives installed, the FDISK menu dis-
plays five options. Option five allows you to select the drive
you want to partition. Make sure that your new drive is
selected.
4. Select “Create DOS partition or logical DOS drive” by press-
ing 1, then press ENTER .
5. Select “Create primary DOS partition” by pressing 1 again.
Then press ENTER . Create your first drive partition. If you are
creating a partition that will be used to boot your computer
(drive C), make sure the partition is marked
active.
6. Create an extended partition and additional logical drives, as
necessary, until all the space on your new hard drive has
been partitioned.
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