Windows 98 & Me

Windows 98 and Me do not have a Disk Administrator or Disk Management utility. Instead, after creating RAID sets using the BIOS RAID utility and booting Windows, the partitions must be created using the FDISK program. To invoke FDISK from within Windows:

  1. Click on the START button

  2. Select Run...

  3. Type fdisk in the Open.. box

  4. Click OK

The following window will likely appear:

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Press Enter. The FDISK Options window will appear:

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The Current Fixed Drive typically will be the System Drive (C:). In order to create partitions, the fixed drive needs to be changed. Select 5 and press Enter. A screen similar to the following will appear:

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Enter the disk number to partition and press Enter. FDISK will return to the Options screen.

With the Current fixed drive set at the disk needing to be partitioned, Select 1 and press Enter to create the partition on the drive. The following window will appear:

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Press Enter to select Create Primary DOS Partition. FDISK will scan the drive and the following window will appear. Press Enter to confirm use of the entire drive capacity for the partition.

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While the partition is being created, a progress indication appears at the bottom of the screen. Once the percentage counter reaches 100%, the following window will appear:

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Press the Esc key to return to the FDISK Options menu. Repeat the process for any remaining drives that need to be partitioned. When all drives have been partitioned, return to the FDISK Options menu, then press Esc to exit FDISK. The computer will need to be rebooted.

After restarting the computer and booting Windows double-click on the My Computer icon. Right-click on each new drive and select Format.

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Select Full Format, enter the Label (name) for the drive or RAID set if desired and click OK.

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The following window will likely appear. Click OK to proceed.

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Repeat for each new drive. The new drives are now ready to be used.