FDISK Notes

Using Fdisk to partition a hard disk

You can use Fdisk for the following tasks:

*  Creating a primary MS-DOS partition

*  Creating an extended MS-DOS partition

*  Setting a partition to active

*  Deleting a partition

*  Displaying partition data

*  Selecting the next hard disk for partitioning, if a system has multiple  
   hard disks

CAUTION: Do not experiment with Fdisk. If you accidently delete a drive or
         partition, you will lose data from your hard disk.

Viewing partition information quickly and easily

To display an overview of your computer's partition information without
having to start the Fdisk program, use the /STATUS switch. If the /STATUS
switch doesn't provide enough detail about your hard disk, then start the
Fdisk program without the /STATUS switch and choose option 4.

Changing the size of a partition

To change the size of a partition, you must actually delete the partition
and create a new one with a different size or use Partition Resizer.

Maximum partition size

The maximum partition size was 2 gigabytes.

CAUTION: Deleting a partition deletes all the data stored on that
         partition.

Using Fdisk with SUBST

Fdisk does not work on a drive formed by using the SUBST command.

Limits of Fdisk

Fdisk does not work on a network or an Interlnk drive. Fdisk works only on
hard disks physically installed on your computer.

Fdisk and Compressed Drives

If your computer includes compressed drives, Fdisk does not display
information about those drives. A compressed disk drive exists on your
physical disk as a hidden, read-only system file called a compressed volume
file (CVF). The CVF is associated with a drive letter; you can then use the
files stored in that CVF. However, to Fdisk, the compressed volume file is
not a separate drive; it is a file just like any other file.