Boot with your W95 crash disk, type FDISK at the A:\> prompt, and follow these instruction. FDISK Options Current fixed disk drive: 1 Choose one of the following: 1. Create DOS partition or Logical DOS Drive 2. Set active partition 3. Delete partition or Logical DOS Drive 4. Display partition information Enter choice: [1] Press ESC to exit FDISK ----------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Press 3 to choose Delete Partition Or Logical DOS Drive, and then press ENTER. The Delete DOS Partition Or Logical DOS Drive screen appears. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Delete DOS Partition or Logical DOS Drive Current fixed disk drive: 1 Choose one of the following: 1. Delete Primary DOS Partition 2. Delete Extended DOS Partition 3. Delete Logical DOS Drive(s) in the Extended DOS Partition 4. Delete Non-DOS Partition Enter choice: [ ] Press ESC to return to FDISK Options ----------------------------------------------------------------- 5. If any of your partitions were created with a third-party disk- partitioning utility or installation program, press 4 to choose Delete Non-DOS Partition, and then press ENTER. If all your partitions were created with MS-DOS, press ESC to return to the FDISK Options screen, then skip to step 10 of this procedure. If you chose option 4, the Delete Non-DOS Partition screen appears. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Delete Non-DOS Partition Current fixed disk drive: 1 Partition Status Type Volume Label Mbytes System Usage C: 1 A PRI DOS 23 FAT16 33% 2 Non-DOS 23 33% 3 EXT DOS 23 33% Total disk space is 69 Mbytes (1 Mbyte=1048576 bytes) WARNING! Data in the deleted Non-DOS Partition will be lost. What non-DOS partition do you want to delete..? [1] Press ESC to return to FDISK Options ----------------------------------------------------------------- 6. Type the number of the partition you want to delete, and then press ENTER. 7. To confirm the deletion, press Y, and then press ENTER. 8. Press ESC to return to the FDISK Options screen. 9. Repeat steps 4 - 8 if you have any other partitions that were created with a third-party disk-partitioning utility or installation program. 10. The FDISK Options menu should now be on your screen. If you have a partition that was created with MS-DOS, press 3 to choose Delete Partition Or Logical DOS Drive and press ENTER. If you chose option 3 on the FDISK Options screen, the Delete DOS Partition Or Logical DOS Drive screen appears. 11. If you have a logical drive, press 3 to choose Delete Logical DOS Drive(s) In The Extended DOS Partition and press ENTER. The Delete Logical DOS Drive(s) In The Extended DOS Partition screen appears. If you don't have any logical drives, skip to step 19. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Delete Logical DOS Drive(s) in the Extended DOS Partition Drv Volume Label Mbytes System Usage D: 15 FAT12 65% E: 8 FAT12 35% Total Extended DOS Partition size is 23 Mbytes (1 MByte=1048576 bytes) WARNING! Data in a deleted Logical DOS Drive will be lost. What drive do you want to delete.........................? [ ] Press ESC to return to FDISK Options ----------------------------------------------------------------- 12. Type the letter of the drive you want to delete and press ENTER. 13. Type the volume label if there is one and press ENTER. 14. To confirm the deletion, press Y and press ENTER. 15. If there are other logical drives you want to delete, repeat steps 12 - 14 above. 16. When all logical drives have been deleted, press ESC. An information screen appears. 17. Press ESC again to return to the FDISK Options screen. 18. Press 3 to choose Delete Partition Or Logical DOS Drive and press ENTER. The Delete DOS Partition Or Logical DOS Drive screen appears. 19. Press 2 to choose Delete Extended DOS Partition and press ENTER. The Delete Extended DOS Partition screen appears. If you don't have any extended DOS partitions, skip to step 21. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Delete Extended DOS Partition Current fixed disk drive: 1 Partition Status Type Volume Label Mbytes System Usage C: 1 A PRI DOS 23 FAT16 33% 2 EXT DOS 23 33% Total disk space is 69 Mbytes (1 Mbyte=1048576 bytes) WARNING! Data in the deleted Extended DOS Partition will be lost. Do you wish to continue (Y/N)........................? [N] Press ESC to return to FDISK Options ----------------------------------------------------------------- 20. To confirm that you want to delete the extended DOS partition, press Y and press ENTER. 21. Press ESC to return to the FDISK Options screen. 22. Press 3 to choose Delete Partition Or Logical DOS Drive and press ENTER. The Delete DOS Partition Or Logical DOS Drive screen appears. 23. Press 1 to choose Delete Primary DOS Partition and press ENTER. The Delete Primary DOS Partition screen appears. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Delete Primary DOS Partition Current fixed disk drive: 1 Partition Status Type Volume Label Mbytes System Usage C: 1 A PRI DOS 23 FAT16 33% Total disk space is 69 Mbytes (1 Mbyte=1048576 bytes) WARNING! Data in the deleted Primary DOS Partition will be lost. What primary partition do you want to delete..? [1] Enter volume label...............................? [ ] Press ESC to return to FDISK Options ----------------------------------------------------------------- 24. Press ENTER to delete your primary partition. 25. Type the volume label, if there is one, and press ENTER. 26. To confirm the deletion, press Y and press ENTER. 27. Press ESC to return to the FDISK Options screen. 28. Press ENTER to choose Create A DOS Partition Or Logical DOS Drive. The Create DOS Partition Or Logical DOS Drive screen appears. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Create DOS Partition or Logical DOS Drive Current fixed disk drive: 1 Choose one of the following: 1. Create Primary DOS Partition 2. Create Extended DOS Partition 3. Create Logical DOS Drive(s) in the Extended DOS Partition Enter choice: [1] Press ESC to return to FDISK Options ----------------------------------------------------------------- 29. Press ENTER to choose Create Primary DOS Partition. The Create Primary DOS Partition screen appears. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Create Primary DOS Partition Current fixed disk drive: 1 Do you wish to use the maximum available size for a Primary DOS Partition and make the partition active (Y/N)..............?[Y] Press ESC to return to FDISK Options ----------------------------------------------------------------- 30. Press ENTER to specify the maximum size for the partition and make the partition active. 31. Make sure your Startup disk is in drive A and press any key. Formatting Your Hard Disk ------------------------- You cannot use your hard disk until you format it. To format your hard disk: 1. Make sure you are running MS-DOS 6.0 or 6.2 from your Startup disk. 2. Type the following at the MS-DOS command prompt and press ENTER format : /s where is your hard disk drive. For example, if your hard disk drive is drive C, type the following command: format c: /s 3. Press Y and press ENTER to proceed with formatting. 4. Once formatting is complete, type a volume label if you want one and press ENTER.