MAXDATA VISION 350M, User Manual

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Section 3 BATTERY POWER & POWER MANAGEMENT
3-9
Creating the Save To Disk Partition (or File)
Note:
Do not install or
remove the
memory module
when the system is
in the Save To Disk
suspend mode.
Restart the note-
book and power
down before
attempting to
change the
memory
configuration.
Warning:
Running the
PHDISK.EXE
program will corrupt
the data in the
HDD. Therefore,
reinstalling the
software will be
necessary.
The hard drive has a default Save To Disk partition. For example,
the maximum system memory allowed is 160 MB; 16 MB is
reserved for contents of the video chip and other micro-
controllers. Therefore, in order to use this suspend feature under
maximum system memory, you would need to increase the Save
To Disk partition to 166MB.
If you want to resize the default Save To Disk partition, you will
need to run the following utility program. However, executing
the HDPREP.EXE program will destroy the data in your hard
disk drive! You will need to re-install the operating system and
application programs afterwards.
To resize or create the Save To Disk partition, do the
following:
1. Boot up your notebook to DOS.
2. In the Factory CD-ROM (or diskette) locate a utility
program called HDPREP.EXE.
3. Type HDPREP at the DOS prompt and press Enter.
You will need to reformat the hard drive (the DOS partition) and
re-install O/S and application programs.
If you are using DOS, Windows 3.x, or Windows 95 (FAT16), you
may create Save To Disk file instead of partition. In this case,
you do not need to reformat the hard disk and re-install O/S. To
create the a Save To Disk file, follow the above procedure and
enter PHDISK /create /file in step 3.