Dell Dimension L Series, Reference And Troubleshooting Manual

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3-12 Dell Dimension L Series Systems Reference and Troubleshooting Guide
11. Reconnect your computer and devices to their electrical outlets, and turn them
on.
12. 2. Verify the correct operation of the drive by running the Dell Diagnostics (refer to
“Running the Dell Diagnostics” in Chapter 4).
Partitioning and Logically Formatting an EIDE Hard-Disk
Drive
EIDE hard-disk drives must be physically formatted, partitioned, and logically format- must be physically formatted, partitioned, and logically format-
ted before they can be used to store data. Every hard-disk drive purchased from Dell
is physically formatted before it is sent to you.
For the Windows 98 8, Windows Me, and Windows 2000 operating systems, all drives
use a single partition with the 32-bit file allocation table (FAT32) file system. For the FAT32) file system. For the
Windows NT operating system, all drives have a 2-gigabyte (GB) primary partition that GB) primary partition that
uses a 16-bit file allocation table (FAT16) file system and a secondary partition format-
ted in the Windows NT file system (NTFS).
If you ever have to partition and logically format an EIDE hard-disk drive, use the appli-
cation program(s) provided by the operating system.