FDISK

That is the main screen used during the time running FDISK. This would also be the first screen if your computer operating system does not support FAT32. From this window you will have the capability of setting up or removing partitions from your hard drive(s)
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Using the options within this screen you will be able to create the various different partitions. These options will only allow you to create FAT16, and FAT32 partitions if supported and you pressed Y for Yes to enable large disk partitions. If you are attempting to create NTFS partitions, use Windows NT Disk Manager.
1. Create Primary DOS Partition - Choosing this option you will be prompted to use maximum space. If you specify yes, this will use up to 2 GB if creating FAT16 partitions, or up to 32 GB if using FAT32. If you choose no you will be able to specify how large you would like the partition to be. NOTE: you will need to create primary partitions before being able to create Extended or Logical DOS partitions.2. Create Extended DOS Partition - If you are using FAT16 and have a 2 GB or higher hard drive or have only specified a small portion of the hard drive as the Primary partition, use this option to create the Extended DOS partition(s) (other drive assignments). The Extended DOS partition will be used to hold the Logical DOS drives; therefore, use the maximum space left on the hard drive.3. Create Logical DOS Drive(s) in the Extended DOS Partition - This option is used after you have created an Extended DOS partitions. Once the Extended DOS partition has been created you then can specify the sizes of other partitions you wish to create.
Example of what has been explained above:
Bob has a six GB hard disk drive and wishes to divide the hard drive into three partitions, each using FAT 16.
Step 1. If prompted to use Large Disk support, press N for no because Bob does not want FAT32, he would like FAT16.Step 2. Choose option one to create a Primary partition. Once prompted to use maximum space, press N for no and specify 2 GB as the size of the primary partitions Step 3. Once the primary DOS partition has been created, choose option two to create an extended DOS partition. Use the maximum space, which would be four GB because two GB has already been used for the Primary Partition.Step 4. Create two logical DOS drives, each being 2 GB.Step 5. Reboot the computer and format each of the drives to allow them to be accessible.
Assuming Bob only had one hard drive, doing the above Bob would have:
Drive C: Partition 1 (Primary) FAT 16Drive D: Partition 2 (Extended/Logical) FAT16Drive E: Partition 3 (Extended/Logical) FAT16

Note: Once a primary partition has been created please ensure that you set the partition as an active partition.
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Within this screen you will have the capability of deleting pre-existing DOS partitions. If you currently have no disk space available on your hard drive and wish to create additional partitions, you must first use this screen to delete the partitions and then you will be able to create partitions. NOTE: if you delete partitions, any information on those partitions will be erased and CANNOT be recovered.

1. Delete Primary DOS partition - Use this option to delete your main primary partition. However, if you currently have any Extended / Logical DOS partitions, you must delete these partitions before you will be able to delete the Primary DOS partition.2. Delete Extended DOS partition - If you have your computer partitions into more than one drive, use this option to delete the extended dos partition(s). You must delete the Logical DOS Drive(s) before you can delete the Extended DOS partition.3. Delete Logical DOS Drive(s) in the Extended DOS Partition - This option would be used first if you have extended DOS partitions and wish to delete the extended partitions.4. Delete Non-DOS Partition - This option is usually used for partitions that either have been created by third-party applications, such as a DDO or other operating systems such as IBM Warp, Unix, as well as various other operating systems.
Example of what has been explained above:
Bob has created three partitions on one hard disk drive; however, he would like to delete them all.
Step 1. Delete the two logical DOS drive(s) in the Extended DOS partition with Option number three.Step 2. Once the Logical DOS partitions have been deleted, choose option number two to delete the extended DOS partition.Step 3. Choose option one to delete the Primary partition.Step 4. Reboot the computer to allow above changes to take effect.

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Within this screen you will be able to see what is currently being used and how your computer hard drive is setup. NOTE: If you see invalid information such as !, *, &, % as the Volume Label, the Partition, or the Status, it is a good possibility that you may have a VIRUS on the computer.


The above picture displays information about Extended DOS partitions; if, however, you only have a Primary DOS partition, your screen would only display the partition information and you will only have the option to Esc out of the screen.
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This option is only available if more than one Hard Drive is installed within the computer. In the below picture you can notice that we have 3 hard drives listed within this computer. Disk 1 has two partitions, which are C: and D: The hard drive's total space is 3 GB. Then Disk 2 has three partitions E:, F:, and G: and the hard drive total space is 6668, or 7 GB. As you notice in the below picture, there is also a Disk 3, this is actually an Iomega Zip Drive hooked up to the IDE controller on the Motherboard. Other media that is connected to the IDE controller within your computer will usually be displayed within FDISK; however, this is not a hard drive and does not need to be FDISKed, this is why 95MB is free. An exception to this rule would be a CD-ROM.

Abit AV8 AMD Athlon 64 socket-939 motherboard layout.The Abit AV8 motherboard uses only a passive chipset heatsink which for the minute extra cost a fan assisted would have been better especially as Abit have put a lot into this board for overclocking.
A more attractive AV8 motherboard colour would have been appreciated to brighten things up a bit along with colour coding of the various connectors.
Interesting to see a different layout of the power supply area with this AV8 motherboard, AMD Athlon 64 socket and heatsink where the AMD socket is moved to the lower half of the motherboard moving the power supply regulators and chipset heatsink to the top.
This has meant that both the power connectors are now close to the power regulators keeping them in one place and bringing the AMD Athlon 64 socket away from that cluttered area. Handy for those of you using air cooled heatsinks.
For water cooled heatsinks and especially those we have reviewed which use only the small 1/4" diameter water pipes it does not matter where the socket is. Have you seen the incredible cooling performance from then in our heatsink tests.
Nice to see plenty of room between the DDR memory slots and the AGP slot and there are four fan headers around this AV8. The motherboard comes complete with a black plastic socket fixing and motherboard back support while being fitted with the Abit uGuru chip as well

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We start with our usual quick look at the main features of the Abit AV8 AMD Athlon 64 socket-939 motherboard.

HOW TO PARTITION A HARD DRIVE
Steps
1. With your Mac shut down insert your Mac OS CD (don't use the restore CD) that came with your Macintosh.
2. Start up your Mac as you normally would but this time hold the "C" key down and keep holding it until you see the "Welcome to Macintosh" screen.
3. After boot up is successful, open the Mac OS CD and look for the Utilities folder.

4. Open Utilities folder and open DRIVE SET UP.
5. You should recognize the name of your HD listed under LIST OF DRIVES.
6. Select that name by clicking once on it.
7. The INITIALIZE button should now be bold. (If it stays Gray then you have not booted up your Mac with the CD correctly and will have to try again.)

8. Click on the INITIALIZE button.(You will be presented with a window that says you will destroy all data.)
9. Click on the CUSTOM SET UP button at the lower left of the window.
10. Now you can make your decision(s) on your Custom Partition as you are now presented window. (Notice the TOTAL CAPACITY. Make sure that the total size of the 2 partitions equal that number. For ex. TOTAL CAPACITY is 12 gigabytes. One partition can be 3 gigabytes and the other 9 gigabytes for a TOTAL CAPACITY of 12 gigabytes)

11. Point your mouse to the PARTITIONING SCHEME pop up and click on it and Select "2 Macintosh OS Extended" Note: There is some debate on this but the conensus seems to be that with Mac OS 9 and above, Mac OS EXtended is the way to go.
12. After you selected the number of partitions they will appear as UNTITLED 1 and UNTITLED 2. (Don't' worry as you can name your Partitions whatever you want later on.
13. Click on the first partition under VOLUMES and set your size in the little box next to SIZE. Set your large partition size first. Give it everything except for 3 gigs. After entering that number, hit the tab button to completely enter it.
14. Once you have entered that number with the tab button, you have now automatically selected the 2nd partition. You do not need to enter Size here, it has automatically inserted the remaining disk space for that number.
15. When satisfied that this is what you want as your partitions then click on OK.
16. You will be presented with a dialogue box saying that doing this will destroy all data.

17. Drive Set up will now initialize and partition.
18. Once finished you will see 2 icons of Hard drives called Untitled 1 and Untitled 2 on your Desktop. Rename them by clicking ONCE on the words Untitled. Call them, say....Macintosh HD and the other FCP HD.
19. Now the only thing left is to install your system software on each partition using the System CD you booted up with.
20. And, of course reinstall your application software into the appropriate new partitions.

HOW TO FORMAT A HARD DRIVE
The Steps:
1. From within Windows, click the Start button and select Run. When the Run dialog box appears, enter FDISK into the Open box and click OK.
2. When FDISK starts (in a DOS window), you'll be asked if you want to enable large disk support. Answer Yes.
3. The FDISK menu is now displayed. Select the drive you want to partition, and then choose option 1 (Create DOS Partition or Logical DOS Drive).
4. When asked if you want to use the entire drive for your DOS partition, answer Yes. (If you're asked whether you want to enable FAT32 support, also answer Yes.)
5. After the partition is created, follow the onscreen prompts to exit FDISK and restart your computer.
6. After your new drive has been partitioned, you have to format it for use. To format a new hard drive The Steps:
1. From within Windows, click the Start button and select Run. When the Run dialog box appears, enter FDISK into the Open box and click OK.
2. When FDISK starts (in a DOS window), you'll be asked if you want to enable large disk support. Answer Yes.
3. The FDISK menu is now displayed. Select the drive you want to partition, and then choose option 1 (Create DOS Partition or Logical DOS Drive).
4. When asked if you want to use the entire drive for your DOS partition, answer Yes. (If you're asked whether you want to enable FAT32 support, also answer Yes.)
5. After the partition is created, follow the onscreen prompts to exit FDISK and restart your computer.
6. After your new drive has been partitioned, you have to format it for use. To format a new hard drive