Error Diagnosis and Reinstallation
6-11
SIMATIC Box PC 620 Operating Manual
C79000-Z7076-C638-04
6.9
Restoring the Hard Disk
6.9.1
Creating Partitions unter Microsoft Windows 98
After installing a new hard disk it is necessary to create partitions with the program
“FDisk” when the partitions have errors or need to be changed.
Note
By deleting or creating partitions or logical DOS-hard drives all saved data is lost
on the hard disk. All drives on the hard disk will be erased.
The hard disk is delivered with the following installed:
– a partition of Typ PRI DOS, System FAT 16,
– a apartition of Typ EXT DOS, System FAT 32.
To restore the partitions to their original condition, please do the following:
Primary Partition
1. To boot from the Recovery CD proceed as follows: When the message
Press <F2> to enter Setup
appears on the screen press the ESC key. After intialization a boot menu to
select the boot options is displayed.
2. Select “4. ATAPI CD-ROM Drive”.
3. When “Microsoft Windows 98-Startup Menu” is displayed, select
“2. Start Windows 98 Setup from CD ROM”.
4. In the “Microsoft Windows 98-Start Menu” select
“2. Start Windows 98 Setup from CD ROM”.
5. Start the Microsoft Windows 98 hard disk configuration program with
”A:\>FDisk” .
Select the dialog box for enable large disk support (Y/N)...? [ N ] ” for No.
6. Create a primary DOS-Partition of 2045 MB for a FAT 16 file system. Answer
the question “Do you wish to use the maximum available size...” for a 2045 MB
FAT16 partition with [Y] for Yes.
7. In order to continue with the next step “Create a Save to Disk Partition” the pri-
mary partition needs to be formatted.
Use the Recovery CD to boot as described in steps 1 to 3 above and then for-
mat drive C: with the program “Format”.
Type: ”A:\>Format C:”.
