Maintenance and service
11.2 Reinstalling the software
SIMATIC Rack PC 847B
Operating Instructions, 06/2008, A5E02203168-01
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11.2.3.1
Setting up partitions for Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003 operating systems
The hard disk needs to be partitioned after installation of a new hard disk, if partitions are
faulty, of if the user wants to change the partition sizes.
CAUTION
All data on the hard disk are lost if you delete / setup partitions or logical DOS volumes. All
partitions on the hard disk are deleted.
Microsoft recommends setup of the NTFS file system on hard disk partitions in Windows
operating systems. Procedure:
Setting up partitions
When shipped, the partitions are set up as follows:
Partition Operating system
Name
Size
File system
First
Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003
SYSTEM 20 GB
NTFS not compressed
Second
Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003
DATA
Remaind
er
NTFS not compressed
1.
Boot from the Recovery CD and then follow the on-screen instructions until the Recovery
functions window is displayed.
2.
Start the DiskPart tool in the "Siemens SIMATIC Recovery“ window. Enter the following
commands in the displayed command interface:
list disk
Displays all available hard disks.
select disk 0
For selecting the disk to be reconfigured. 0 selects the first hard disk
drive.
list partition
Displays all partitions on the selected hard disk.
clean
Deletes the entire selected hard disk. All information stored is lost.
create partition primary
size=n
Creates a primary partition with a size of n MB on the selected HDD.
Default values:
n = 20000 for Windows 2000, XP, Windows Server 2003
select partition 1
Select the primary partition
active
Activates the selected partition
exit
Closes the DiskPart tool.
Additional DiskPart functions:
Help
Shows all DiskPart commands. Additional command parameters
entered are described in the help extension.
Example: create partition help
