Device maintenance and repair
7.4 Installing the software
SIMATIC IPC427D
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Operating Instructions, 05/2017, A5E31347215-AB
7.4.2
Partitioning data media
7.4.2.1
Partitioning in Windows Embedded Standard 7
You will need to reconfigure the partitions after installing a new drive, to repair corrupt
partitions or to change the partitioning.
Partitioning of the SIMATIC IPC CFast card
The SIMATIC IPC CFast card for Windows Embedded Standard 7 comes configured with
the following default partitions:
Partition
Name
Size of the card
File system
8 GB
16 GB
1st Partition
SYSTEM
7 GB
12 GB
NTFS (compressed)
2nd Partition
DATA
Remainder
Remainder
NTFS (compressed)
* Due to partitioning/formatting, the actual CFast capacity does not correspond to the
memory size specified on the SIMATIC IPC CFast card.
Partitioning of the HDD or SSD
In the delivery state, the following partitions are configured on the HDD or SSD drive with the
Windows Embedded Standard 7 operating system:
Partition
Name
Size of data medium
File system
>64 GB
>100 GB
Primary
System 50 GB
100 GB
NTFS not compressed
Second
Data
Remainder
Remainder
NTFS not compressed
To restore the partitions to their original delivery state, we recommend you use the software
SIMATIC IPC Image & Partition Creator. Additional information is available in the
accompanying documentation.
