How to Use the Fdisk Tool and the Format Tool to Partition a Hard Drive
This is the correct way to prepare your new hard drive for use.
[edit] Steps
- Insert your boot diskette and turn on your pc.
- At the a: prompt type fdisk then hit enter.
- Click yes you want to use large disk support.
- Delete the existing patition.
- Re-create a new partition using all available disk space.
- Restart your pc.
- At the a: prompt type fdisk/mbr ( that fdisks your master boot record.
- When done, restart pc.
- At the a: prompt type format c:/s/u and yes you want to erase all data so type "y" when prompted...
[edit] Warnings
- If you have a NTFS drive, be careful as most DOS boot diskettes so not know about NTFS and can severely damage/ corrupt your disk.
- If you drive is FAT32, you will need an updated boot disk from Windows 95/OSR2 or later to be able to see any existing partitions.
