Difficulty: Moderately Challenging
Things You’ll Need:
- Partitioning Software
- Hard Disks
- Drive Management Software
Step1
Start the computer in Command Prompt Mode.
Step2
Type "FDISK." The partition window will appear with menu options.
Step3
Enter 5 if you're partitioning a second drive, and select the drive; otherwise, skip to the next step.
Step4
Enter 1 (Create DOS Partition or Logical DOS Drive).
Step5
Enter 2 (Create Extended DOS) to create a partition.
Step6
Enter N when the program asks if you want to use the maximum available size.
Step7
Designate the amount of disk space to allocate to the second partition (the partition will be assigned the next drive letter).
Step8
Type a name for the new partition and press Enter. The partition menu will appear.
Step9
Repeat steps 5 through 8 to create additional partitions.
Step10
Press Esc to exit the partition command.
Step11
Format the newly created partitions (see "How to Format a Hard Drive").
Comments
WebYankee said
on 10/16/2007 This does NOT cover newer drives over 137GB which windows will not format without special changes. I would like to see this information given as I am having a hard time finding how to format my 500GB SATA drives in a new system with no operating system installed. I will be using Windows 2000 Pro when I do get to install one.
gerardoruiz said
on 4/4/2007 Congratulations!, an excellent source of dos information.
Gerardo Ruiz