Datasheet

Creating a New Partition

7. Creating A New Partition:

Windows 98SE/ME:

1) You will need to use the FDISK utility that is included under MS-DOS. Please

refer to Microsoft Knowledge Base Article – 255867 for complete instructions

on how to use FDISK.

(http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q255/8/67.ASP)

2) Once complete, you should now be able to see the drive in Windows Explorer.

Note: Most hard drives should come with a CD that includes its installation program. If not, a

download should be available on the manufacturers website. The best way to partition a new

hard drive is by using the manufacturers program. However,if that is not possible,please try the

following instead (if using Mac OS 9 or below, please refer to your hard drive documentation for

information on formatting/partitioning the hard drive):

Warning: Doing the following will erase any existing data on the drive. If the

drive is damaged and you wish to recover the data, continuing may overwrite

the existing information!