9 Easy Steps to Partition a Hard Drive with the Fdisk+Format Tools

An easy-to-follow guide so you can partition a hard drive using the Fdisk and Format Tools

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This is the correct way to prepare your new hard drive for use.

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Put the disc into your computer.
Enter "fdisk" when prompted and press "Yes."
Enter "1" and select the type of the partition you want to create, then restart your computer.

prompt type fdisk then hit enter.

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To Delete the existing partition, Type 3 and press Enter.
- Select your partition type you want to delete (Primary/Extended/Logical/Non-Dos)
- Select shown partition by typing the displayed number of partition and press Enter for confirmation for deleting partition.
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To re-create a new partition, Type 1 and press Enter.
- Select what type of partition you want to create and type related value and press Enter for creating new partition.
prompt type fdisk/mbr ( that fdisk your master boot record.
prompt type format c:/s/u and yes you want to erase all data so type "y" when prompted...

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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.

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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.

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Do not enable large disk support of your installing 95, make sure it's fat16.

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