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Chapter 4: Using Hard Disk ToolKit•PE 151
Viewing and Modifying a Device’s Partitioning Scheme
You can view the partitioning scheme of a disk that has been formatted or
auto initialized, or that has had an FWB driver installed onto it by
HDT•PE. This information is presented in the Partition List dialog box.
You may want to view the partitioning scheme:
• to inspect the current partitioning status
• to configure the device driver
• to resize an existing volume
• to delete an existing partition
Before you use the View Partitions command
Before you make changes to a disk’s partition, you must have an HDT•PE
driver on the disk. You can use the Update Driver command to install the
HDT•PE driver. When you format or auto initialize a disk, the HDT•PE
driver is automatically installed. Do not attempt to use HDT•PE to mod-
ify a partition on a disk that doesn’t contain the HDT•PE driver. For more
information on viewing and modifying partitioning schemes, see Viewing
and Modifying a Device’s Partitioning Scheme
in the online manual.
HDT•PE’s Format and Auto Initialize commands will overwrite all previously existing data
on the drive. Be sure that you have backed up any valuable data on the drive before
performing a Format or Auto Initialize operation.
The Update Driver command writes a new driver to disk and therefore poses a potential
hazard to your existing data. Back up all valuable data before using the Update Driver
command.
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