Chapter 6 / Command Reference
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If
you need to change a previously partitioned
hard
disk, use
the BACKUP command to backup your files
in
the DOS parti-
tion to floppy diskettes. After re-partitioning your
hard
drive,
use RESTORE to replace
the
files on the
hard
drive.
Example
f d 1 S k I
ENTER
I
loads FDISK from
the
current
drive
and
displays the FDISK
menu.
To
partition
Drive
C,
press 1. The screen displays:
Do
you
wlsh
to
use
the
entire
hard
disk
for
DOS
CY/N)---)
To
select one partition, press
Y.
If
you have a specialized need
for
selecting more
than
one partition, press
N,
then enter the parti-
tion size
in
number
of cylinders
and
the
beginning cylinder as
prompted.
b:
I
ENTER
I
f
dis
k I
ENTER
I
establishes Drive B as
the
current
drive, loads FDISK and dis-
plays
the
FDISK menu.
To
verify
the
status
of
Drive
C,
select
menu option
4.
The screen display shows information such as:
Partitlon
Status
Type
Start
End
Slze
N
DOS
0
49
50
The
status
column refers to Active or Nonactive. An active parti-
tion is booted directly from Drive C when the system is started.
The other columns indicate
that
there
is one partition beginning
at
Cylinder 0
and
ending
at
Cylinder 49
for
a total size of 50
cyl-
inders, and
that
the
partition contains a disk operating system.
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