1.) Insert the Startup disk in the floppy disk drive, restart your computer. When the Microsoft Windows 98 Startup menu is displayed, select the Start computer without CD-ROM support menu option, and then press Enter.
At a command prompt, type fdisk, and then press Enter.
2.) Do you wish to enable large disk support?
Press Y and then press Enter. This will enable the FAT32 file system
3.) After you press Enter, the following fdisk options menu is displayed:
- Create DOS partition or Logical DOS Drive
- Set active partition
- Delete partition or Logical DOS Drive
- Display partition information
- Change current fixed disk drive
**Note** that option 5 is available only if you have two physical hard disks in the computer.
4.) Press 1 to select the Create DOS partition or Logical DOS Drive menu option, and then press Enter.
5.) Press 1 to select the Create Primary DOS Partition menu option, and then press Enter.
6.) After you press Enter, you receive the following message: Do you wish to use the maximum available size for primary DOS partition?
A.) After you receive this message, use the following method:
B.) Press Y if you want all of the space on the hard disk to be assigned to drive C, press Y, and then press Enter. Go to Step 7
C.) Press N if you do not want all of the space on the hard disk to be assigned to drive C.
a.) If you select N then continue to follow these instructions.
b.) Enter the size of the partition you wish to make and then press Enter.
c.) Press ESC.
d.) Press 1 to select the Create DOS partition or Logical DOS Drive menu option, and then press Enter.
e.) Press 2 to select the Create Extended Partition menu option, and then press Enter.
f.) Press Enter to create an extended DOS partition that uses up the rest of the hard drive.
g.) Press ESC. After pressing ESC fdisk will automatically try to create a logical DOS drive.
h.) Enter the size of the second partition you wish to create and then press Enter.
i.) If you created your second partition to use the entire size of the Extended DOS Partition then go to Step 7.
J.) If not then repeat step h until you have used up the rest of the Extended DOS Partition then go to Step 7.
7.) Press ESC, and then press ESC to quit the fdisk tool and return to a command prompt.
8.) Reboot. You are now ready to format the partitions that you just created.
Now that you have
created all of the partitions for your hard drive, it is now time to format them. To format a master hard disk, you will use the format command. Formatting prepares a hard drive for use by organizing its storage space into addresses that can be recognized and accessed.
Below are the complete instructions to walk you through the process of formatting partitions on your hard drive.
1.) Restart your computer with the Startup/Boot disk in the floppy disk drive.
**NOTE:**
If you are using a Windows 95 Startup disk, a command prompt is displayed and you can skip to step 2. If you are using a Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, or Windows Me Startup disk, select the Start computer without CD-ROM support menu option when the Windows 98 Startup menu is displayed.
2.) When a command prompt is displayed, type format c: /s, and then press ENTER. This command transfers the system files and should only be used when you format drive C (or your "active" drive). **NOTE** (If you are formatting with an Windows ME boot disk you cannot use the /s switch. Windows ME will not let you transfer system files to a disk without an operating system already present.) For all other partitions, type format drive: (where drive is the letter of the partition that you want to format).
3.) When you successfully run the format tool, you receive the following message:
WARNING, ALL DATA ON NON-REMOVABLE DISK DRIVE C: WILL BE LOST!
Proceed with Format?
4.) Press Y, and then press ENTER to format drive C.
5.) After the format procedure is finished, you receive the following message:
Volume label (11 characters, ENTER for none)?
**NOTE:**
This is an optional feature that you can use to type a name for the drive. You can either type an 11-character name for the drive, or you can leave it blank by pressing Enter.
6.) Reboot. You are now ready to install your operating system.
After you
partition and
format your hard disk, you can install Windows XP:
Insert the Windows XP Startup/Boot disk in your floppy disk drive, and then restart your computer.
When the Windows XP Startup/Boot menu is displayed, select the Start computer with CD-ROM support menu option, and then press Enter.
Insert the Windows XP CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive, type the following at the command prompt X: and then press Enter.
Now that you are at the X: prompt type
setup
**NOTE**
"X" is the drive letter that is assigned to your CD-ROM drive in these instructions.
When you receive this message, Please wait while the Setup initializes.
Setup is now going to perform a routine check on your system. To continue press Enter. Press Enter.
Good Luck - Galleline
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