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Partitioning the Hard Disk Drive under Windows Me/98SE

FDISK is a program to create partitions on the hard disk drive. (Data can only be written to a

drive after it is partitioned and formatted). To partition this device, you must execute FDISK

under the MS-DOS mode.

Please follow these steps:

1. Install this device under Windows, and confirm that it is properly detected by the

operating system.

2. Go into the MS-DOS mode by clicking on “Start” Ö “Programs” Ö “MS-DOS Prompt”.

3. At the DOS prompt, type “FDISK” and press Enter key.

4. In the first screen, answer “Y” to enable large disk support.

5. The next screen is “FDISK OPTIONS”.

You must type “5” on this screen to change the current fixed disk drive; the

default fixed drive set by FDISK is the internal hard disk drive. If you do not

change it to this device, the data of internal hard disk drive will be destroyed.

If the option 5 does not appear on this screen, it means this device is not

installed properly, please check its installation.

6. In “Change Current Fixed Disk Drive” screen, type the disk drive number that is assigned

to this device (usually, it is assigned to number 2).

7. Go back to “FDISK OPTIONS” screen, now you can create (type “1”) or delete (type “3”)

the partition of the drive.

Note: Delete a partition will also erase all data stored within the partition!

8. Follow the instructions of FDISK to create a new “Primary” partition. Accepting the default

values will create the largest FAT32 partition possible.

9. After you finished FDISK, reboot computer to activate the change.