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Appendix F Configuring Your Hard Disk (Fdisk) 317
For example, your Change Active Partition screen might look like
this:
Change Active Partition
Current Fixed Disk Drive:
Partition Status
1 A
2 N
Type
DOS
non-DOS
Start End Size
o 119 120
120
304 185
Total disk space is
305 cylinders
Enter the number of the partition you
want to make active ............... : [1]
Press ESC to return to FDISK Options
Type the number of the partition that you want to activate, and
press the RETURN key. The default setting is the active partition
number.
If you are using the entire hard disk as a DOS partition, fdisk
displays the following message:
Partition 1 is already active
Press Esc to return to FDISK Options
instead of prompting you for the partition that you want to
activate. Press the ESC key to return to the main menu.
Choice 3 - Deleting a DOS Partition
If you choose the third option on the main menu, fdisk displays a
screen showing the status of each partition on your hard disk, and
prompts you to delete the DOS partition. When you delete a DOS
partition, fdisk deletes the partition boundaries and any data that
existed in that partition. Once you delete the partition, you can-
not recover tbat data.
Note You cannot use fdisk to delete a non-DOS partition.
Instead,
to continue using MS· DOS after you have deleted the DOS
partition, you must put an MS· DOS system disk into drive A. If you
want to start a different operating system in another partition of
your hard disk, you must change the active partition to that
number before you delete the DOS partition.