A hard drive partition is information on hardware that tells OS how drive is segmented. When you make partition, you make partition table that is stored on drive. You can create partition table using bootable Windows or DOS CD, DVD or floppy disk. These boot disks have program known as "Fdisk" on them. Fdisk is utilized to make hard drive partition. Program runs in DOS command prompt and makes it simple for users to fast partition a hard drive.

Instructions

Step 1

Put in bootable disk into drive and restart PC. If you have Windows installation CD, this media is bootable. Few people have boot floppy disks or CDs, and these disks also work.

Step 2

Push "Esc" if you utilized Windows boot CD to escape installation welcome screen. You are brought to DOS command prompt.

Step 3

Type the "fdisk" in DOS command prompt. This opens fdisk command line utility. Choose "1" starting menu option, which is option to make major DOS partition.

Step 4

Push "1" key again to choose "Create Primary DOS Partition." Hit "Enter" to utilize maximum amount of free space accessible. This utilizes all free space on hard drive and makes it available for file and program storage.

Step 5

Press "Y" to verify modifications. The fdisk application advises you that all data on disk will be deleted. After verify, it takes few seconds for partition table making.