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I have TWO partitions C and D on a 2.1 GB h disk

At C: is my OS win98

I want to Divide my D: drive (1 GB in size) into two partitions of 500 MB each.

1) Is it possible to run Fdisk from windows dos prompt?

2)I am seeing options like:

1. Create DOS partition or Logical DOS Drive
2.  Set active partition
3.  Delete partition or Logical DOS Drive
4.  Display partition information

-- Which one to select here, to partion D:, after formatting it?

(Note: I want to keep my c drive intact)

You have two partitions - C: - & - D:

To construct this in the first place you WOULD have had to make a Primary DOS drive - C: - and set it active (A) then make an Extended DOS drive and then a Logical DOS drive which is your drive - D:

Now that you want to split this in two using fdisk you should remove all data from drive D: and then, using fdisk, delete drive D: and make a new Logical drive D: of 500Mb and a further Logical drive E: using the remainder of the drive space.

After making the new Logical drives D: & E: you need to press ther Esc key until you have exited the fdisk program and SEE a Message asking you to re-boot.

Reboot and start formatting the two new drives.

A:\>format d: , and press Enter

A:\>format e: , and press Enter

Alternatively you could use a Partition Resizing program but that will cost you whereas fdisk is 'free'.[size=18]Thank You,Mac [/size]Why bother on a 2.1gig drive



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