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It is currently recommended to use Window’s XP to format and partition your drive if the BIOS supports the full capacity of the drive. The following arestep-by-step installation instructions on how to use Microsoft’s Disk Management to format and partition the drive.Fresh Install:
Install hard drive. Set the BIOS to
«Auto-Detect» the hard disks.
Insert the Windows XPCD-ROM and restart the system.
Followon-screen prompts. At the «create partition» screen make sure the drive is highlighted.
Press «Enter» toset-up Windows XP
Or
Press «C» to create a partition.Note: Windows XP will not allow you to create a FAT 32 partition greater than 32GB. To create a partition greater than 32GB you will need to format the drive using the NTFS file system.
Finish the rest of the installation.
Installing a second drive:Note: If the second drive is
pre-formatted or used in another system it is not necessary tore-format the drive. Follow the instructions below up to Step 2 and XP should recognize the drive.Install the hard drive and set the system BIOS to
«Auto-Detect» the hard disk(s).
Start Windows XP.
Go to the «Control Panel».
Click on «Performance and Maintenance», «Administrative Tools», «Computer Management», «Storage», «Disk Management»
In «Disk Management» you will see the active hard disks. Disk 0 is the Primary drive. Disk 1 and greater are considered secondary storage.
If the description of Disk 1 is «Not Initialized» then you mustright-click on the «Disk 1» icon and select «Initialize».
Select the disk to be initialized and select «Continue».
Next,right-click on «Unallocated» region of a basic disk, and then click «New Partition».
In the «New Partition Wizard», click Next. Select the type of partition you want and follow allon-screen instructions.
