Argosy HD 360C Manual Download Page 8

 

 

 

Partition The External Hard Disk Drive

 

 

 

Using FDISK Under Windows 98SE/Me 

FDISK is a program to create one or more partitions of the hard disk, after the partition was built and 

formatted, data can be write to the hard disk. 

To partition the external hard disk, you must execute FDISK under the MS-DOS mode under 

Windows 98SE/Me, please follow the steps: 

1. 

Boot-up the computer into Windows 98SE/Me system. Plug the external hard disk to computer, 

and make sure it is recognized. 

2. 

Go into the MS-DOS mode by click on Start 

Ö

 Programs 

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 MS-DOS Prompt. 

3. 

At the DOS prompt, type ‘FDISK’ and press 

Enter

4. 

In the first screen of FDISK, answer the question: Do you want to enable large disk support? 

Y     

if you want to create a partition larger than 2GB (FAT32). 

N     

if you want to create a partition small than 2GB (FAT16). 

5. 

The next screen is ‘FDISK OPTIONS’, 

IMPORTANT: you must type 5 on this screen to change the current fixed disk drive, the 

default fixed drive set by FDISK is your internal hard disk, if you don’t change 

it to the external hard disk, the data of internal hard disk will be destroyed. 

 

Note: If the option 5 doesn’t appear on this screen means the external hard disk is not installed 

properly, please check with the software installation. 

Summary of Contents for HD 360C

Page 1: ...vailable Mac OS9 x or above NOTE USB2 0 host supports 480Mbps maximum data transfer rate USB1 1 host only supports 12Mbps maximum data transfer rate Check your system to make sure you have the right h...

Page 2: ...ess indicator 2 Power Switch Power on and Power off 3 USB2 0 Interface Connector This connector connects to the USB2 0 interface cable 4 External Power Jack This jack connects to the AC adapter 5 Kens...

Page 3: ...B interface cable into the Interface Connector see the figure 2 Insert the plug of AC adapter into the External Power Jack of drive 3 Attach the AC adapter to the outlet 4 Press Power Switch to ON 5 Y...

Page 4: ...the IDE and Power cables to disk drive and then fix the PCB and drive with screws 1 Loading the drive into case notice at the tray alignment 2 Plug the cable of LED already on the case into the connec...

Page 5: ...screws on stand to separate the stand case and drive 1 Pull out the drive from case about 4cm be careful don t break the LED cable 2 Pull out the cable of LED from the connector on PCB 3 Pull out the...

Page 6: ...Computer double click the CD ROM contains Driver CD and then double click index htm to open the welcome screen 2 On the left part of welcome screen click Install Device Driver On the right part scroll...

Page 7: ...ystem to make this setup effective click OK and then Finish to restart computer 6 After the computer is restart and boot into Windows system insert the USB interface cable into computer the external h...

Page 8: ...tart Programs MS DOS Prompt 3 At the DOS prompt type FDISK and press Enter 4 In the first screen of FDISK answer the question Do you want to enable large disk support Y if you want to create a partiti...

Page 9: ...tition the external hard disk under Windows 2000 or Windows XP please plug the external hard disk and make sure it is recognized then In Windows 2000 click Start Settings Control Panel Administrative...

Page 10: ...click on the Stop mark and then click Initialize disk to initial the hard disk to the Basic Disk type and can then create partition in the drive 3 If the type of the hard disk drive is Dynamic you mus...

Page 11: ...rmat then click Next 9 Click Finish now the formatting is proceed after the process is done the Disk Management window is changed as below Make sure the status of the partition is Healthy 10 Now a par...

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