Deleting
a Partition |
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1.
First ensure you have a windows 98SE Bootdisk, you can
download one, CLICK
HERE
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2. Boot the
PC with your boot disk, ENSURE the boot order is set in
the BIOS to boot from the floppy disk BEFORE the hard
drive |
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3.To launch
FDISK simply type fdisk {enter} at the command prompt,
when the program launches press the Y key and {enter}
to enable large drive support |
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4. This is
the main FDISK menu, as we are Deleting a single partition
we need to change the selection from the default [1] to
[3] "Delete partition or logical DOS Drive" |
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5. Press 3
then {enter} |
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6. As there
is only one partition leave the default setting of [1]
and press {enter} |
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7. You will
now see the partition displayed (In this case called partition
1) as this is the only partition it is selected by default,
just press {enter} |
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8.You
will now be asked to type in the "Volume Label"
this drive is blank so you can just hit {enter} if yours
has a label it will be shown in the volume label column
(above) |
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9. You are
asked to confirm (Last chance to change your mind :0) |
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10. Press
Y then {enter} to confirm |
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11. This confirms
the partition is deleted (You can now Exit FDISK if you
do not want to create a partition, by pressing Esc) When
you are back at command line press Ctrl+Alt+Esc to reboot
the PC. |
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