18
FREECOM FHD-2
GB
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5.3 Partitioning your FHD-2 under Windows 98SE / Windows ME
Windows 98SE only: The fdisk version which is installed together with your
operating system does not recognize the correct size of hard disks larger than 64
GB.
Windows 98SE/ME: For large partitions fdisk will not display the partion size
correctly! Please ignore this as the partitioning results will still be OK.
5.3.1 Deleting a partition on the FHD-2 under Windows 98SE / ME
The following steps will explain how to delete a partition on your FHD-2.
1. Click on the "Start" button.
2. Select "Run".
3. Enter "fdisk" and confirm with "OK".
4. fdisk will be started. Answer the question "Do you wish to enable large disk
support?" by pressing the 'Return' key. FAT32 is now activated.
5. Choose Option 5 "(Change current fixed disk drive)" by pressing '5' and
'Return'.
6. Select the hard disk to be deleted by its number. ATTENTION: Please make
sure that the correct drive is selected. Selecting the wrong drive will lead to
a loss of your data!
7. Choose Option "3 (Delete partition or Logical DOS Drive)" by pressing '3' and
'Return'.
8. Your FHD-2 comes formatted as primary partition. Select option 1 "Delete
Primary DOS Partition" by pressing '1' and 'Return'.
9. Select the partition to be deleted by pressing its number and 'Return'.
10. Enter the drive label and press 'Return'.
11. Confirm with 'Y' and 'Return' to delete the partition.
12. Press the 'ESC' key to return to the fdisk options.
13. Press 'ESC' to exit fdisk. Stop your hard disk by using the hot unplug icon in
the lower right corner of your screen and remove the FireWire cable from
your hard disk. Afterwards connect your hard disk again with your computer.
The hard disk will now be recognized by Windows.
As Windows tries to access your hard disk an error message will appear. This
happens, because your hard disk is not yet formatted.
