Kreisen 3 8 6 X / X E User Manual

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To create a single MS-DOS partition for your entire hard disk
drive, select the default option (#1) by pressing ENTER. The

Create Primary DOS partition menu appears next:

Create Primary DOS partition

Current

Fixed

Disk Drive: 1

Do

you wish to use the maximum size

for a DOS partition and make

the DOS

partition active

(Y/N)

. . . . . . . . .?

(Y)

Press

ESC to return

to Fdisk Options

To

reserve

the

entire

hard disk for MS-DOS, press the ENTER.

FDISK now displays the following message:

System will now restart

Insert DOS diskette in

drive A:

Press any key when ready...

It is common to use FDISK to create an MS-DOS partition

that takes up the entire hard disk drive and then make that

partition bootable. Now that you have completed these tasks,
you can restart your system using your MS-DOS Install

diskette.

Note

For information on the remaining FDISK menu selections,

see your MS-DOS User’s Guide.

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Using Your Hard Disk

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