Siemens SIMATIC Rack PC 547B - Setting up Partitions for Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003 Operating Systems

Maintenance and service
11.2 Reinstalling the software
SIMATIC Rack PC 547B
Operating Instructions, 12/2007, A5E01127519-02
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11.2.3.1 Setting up partitions for Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003 operating systems
After you have installed a new hard disk, or if partitions are faulty, or when you wish to
change the partitioning on your hard disk, you need to create or reconfigure partitions on the
hard disk.
CAUTION
When you delete or create partitions or logical DOS partitions, you lose all data on the hard
disk. All partitions on the hard disk will be deleted.
Microsoft recommends setup of the NTFS file system on hard disk partitions in Windows
operating systems. To do this, proceed as follows:
Setting up partitions
When shipped, the partitions are set up as follows:
Partition Operating system Name Size File system
First Windows 2000, XP PROG 25 GB NTFS not compressed
First Server 2003 PROG 15 GB NTFS not compressed
Second Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003 DATA Remainder NTFS not compressed
1. Boot from the Recovery CD and then follow the on-screen instructions until the Recovery
functions window is displayed.
2. Start the DiskPart tool in the "Siemens SIMATIC Recovery" window. Enter the following
commands in the displayed command interface:
List disk Displays all available hard disks.
Select disk 0 Selects the disk where you wish to change the configuration. 0
selects the first hard disk.
List partition Displays all partitions on the selected hard disk.
Clean Completely wipes the selected hard disk. All information stored there
is lost.
Create partition primary size=n Creates a primary partition with the n MB on the selected hard disk.
Default values:
n = 15000 for Windows Server 2003,
n = 25000 for Windows 2000, XP
Select partition 1 Selects the primary partition.
Active Activates the selected partition.
Exit Closes DiskPart.
Additional DiskPart functions:
Help Shows all available DiskPart commands. When a command is
supplemented with other parameters, the command is described
with additional information.
Example: create partition help