Device maintenance and repair
7.4 Installing the software
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Partitioning the data storage medium
7.4.2.1
Partitioning in Windows Embedded Standard 7
You will need to reconfigure the partitions after installing a new drive, to repair corrupt
partitions or to change the partitioning.
Partitioning of the SIMATIC IPC CFast card
The SIMATIC IPC CFast card for Windows Embedded Standard 7 comes configured with
the following default partitions:
Table 7- 1 32-bit versions of the operating system
First SYSTEM 6 GB 12 GB 25 GB NTFS not compressed
Second DATA Remainder Remainder Remain-
NTFS not compressed
* Due to partitioning/formatting, the actual CFast capacity does not correspond to the
memory size specified on the SIMATIC IPC CFast card.
Table 7- 2 64-bit versions of the operating system
* Due to partitioning/formatting, the actual CFast capacity does not correspond to the
memory size specified on the SIMATIC IPC CFast card.
Partitioning of the HDD or SSD
In the delivery state, the following partitions are configured on the HDD or SSD drive with the
Windows Embedded Standard 7 operating system:
Table 7- 3 Size of the HDD/SSD
To restore the partitions to their original delivery state, we recommend the software
SIMATIC IPC Image & Partition Creator.
Additional information is available in the
accompanying documentation.