Appendix F
Configuring Your Hard Disk
(Fdisk)
Introduction
Hard disks can
be
divided into
one
to
four separate sections,
called partitions. Partitions separate your
hard
disk into individual
areas, and each partition may contain a different operating system.
To
prepare your hard disk for
the
MS·DOS operating system, you
must create a partition for
MS·DOS, called a DOS partition. You can
create
a DOS partition
on
your
hard disk by using a menu-driven
utility called
fdisk
You must use
fdisk
if
you want to:
• prepare your hard disk for MS·DOS
• create a DOS partition
• change
the
active partition
• delete a DOS partition
• display partition information
• choose the
next
hard
disk
on
your computer
If
you
want
to
use your entire hard disk for MS-DOS, you
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use
the
fdisk
program only
once
to
create
the
DOS
partition.
Note Many computer stores configure hard disk computers for
MS-DOS,
so
you may
not
need
to
use
fdisk
They may also format
your
hard disk
to
start MS-DOS
when
you
tum
the
power
on.
To
find
out
whether
this has
been
done,
try
to
start MS-DOS from your
hard
disk,
or
run
fdisk
and
try
to
create a
DOS
partition.
Fdisk
displays a message
if
your hard disk already has a DOS partition.
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