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Hard Drive
Before we format and install OS into the Harddisk ( HDD), we need to make a
partition for the HDD. Nowadays, standard HDD capacity for home user is 60GB and
it is big enough, we can partition the HDD into 2 or 3. Windows XP will occupied
around 2GB.
Get your Win98 or WinMe Startup disk ready. Follow the procedure below to
partition a New HDD.
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Insert the startup disk into the floppy drive.
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Start your computer.
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After the computer start, the computer will boot through startup disk and
a message shown on the screen.
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Select option 2 or
3 which
does not support CD-Rom.
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At a:\ type fdisk
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Type Y to select enable large disk
support.
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From the menu, type 4 to view partition.
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If there are partitions, and fullfilled your requirement, then you press
Esc twice to quit fdisk.
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If do not have partition and you would like to create
few partitions. Select option 1 ( Create
Primary Dos Partition) to create your 1st partition, the computer will do some
calculation. Enter the size of the first partition. Then, Select option
2 ( Create Extended Dos Partition ) to
create 2nd partition, enter the size of the second partition. Finally, select
option 3 ( Create Logical Dos Drive(s)
In The Extended Dos Partition ) to create 3rd, 4th, 5th partition.
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After create all the partitions, from then main menu,
select option 4 to view partition. From
there, it's will shown the partition occupied percentage of the space.
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Press Esc key twice
to quit fdisk and restart your computer.
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After restart, you can install OS.
Format Partition
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Continue from above, restart the system, make sure the startup disk in the floppy drive.
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The computer will boot through startup disk and
a message shown on the screen.
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Select option 1 which support CD-Rom.
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at a:\ type format c: ,
format d: , format e:
( depend how many drives ).
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