Reference number: CH000345
How to create a
partition using fdisk.
Question:How to create a partition using fdisk.
Answer:Before creating a primary partition, no partitions must exist on the
hard disk drive. If you are looking for information on how to delete a
partition, see document CH000344. If a primary partition has been
created but you wish to create an extended partition or additional
driver letters, skip to the section for how to create a logical DOS
drive within an extended partition.
How to create a primary partition
It is important to note that if you wish to create a partition
larger than 2gig you must create a primary partition using FAT32. To
do this, when entering fdisk answer Y, for yes, to enable large disk
support. Additional information about creating a FAT32 partition can
be found at CH000452.
1 - Create Primary DOS Partition.
Once in creating a primary DOS partition, specify how big you wish
to create the primary partition. If you wish to create additional
drive letters do not specify the full amount of available disk
space.
Note: Only one primary partition can be created on a hard
disk drive.
How to create a logical DOS drive within an extended
partition
1 - Create DOS partition or Logical DOS drive
2 - Create Extended DOS partition
It is important to note that you can only create one extended
partition. You must enter the full amount of the maximum
space available for logical drive. This can be later broken down
into logical drives.
3. Enter the amount of the logical drive size in Mbytes or
percent of disk. For example: Space (%)...[ 2000] which would be
2gig.
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