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Samsung M6000 User’s Manual Using the Hard Drive 33
Using the Hard Drive
Your computer includes a removable IDE hard drive. The IDE hard
drive can store the data and programs your computer uses. The drive
plugs into a connector on the system board.
Although the storage capacity of hard drives varies according to model,
any hard drive holds much more than a floppy disk does. Also, the
computer reads and works with a hard drive more rapidly than with a
floppy disk.
Once information is saved on a hard drive, it remains there until it is
overwritten. Samsung hard drive heads park automatically when you
turn off your computer.
The hard drive that comes with your computer
has already been formatted. Do not format the
hard drive. Doing so destroys all data contained
on the drive. If you need to format a new drive, or
want to erase all data on your existing hard
drive, refer to the manual for your operating
system.
The drive in your computer is divided into partitions. Each partition is
2 GB or less so that the partitions can use a 16-bit file allocation table
(FAT-16). The table enables the partitions to locate files and
directories.
Your computer recognizes each partition as a separate drive, for
example, if a hard drive has two partitions, they could be recognized as
drive C and drive D.
Although Windows 98 can work with FAT-16 or FAT-32 (a 32-bit file
allocation table), there are software compatibility issues with FAT-32.
Older software that you may have (16-bit software) requires FAT-16 to
run.