FIXMBR » extended http://fixmbr.net FIXMBR is a computer repair training site for my students. Mon, 12 Jul 2010 04:50:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Fdisk http://fixmbr.net/fdisk/fdisk/ http://fixmbr.net/fdisk/fdisk/#comments Sun, 11 Oct 2009 16:58:07 +0000 gfrench http://fixmbr.net/?p=23 The Fdisk is a DOS command available when you boot your computer to DOS and type in fdisk at the command prompt.  Using fdisk you can partition a hard drive and set active the boot partition.  You are limited to only one primary partition using the DOS fdisk command and four partitions.  This is because [...]]]> The Fdisk is a DOS command available when you boot your computer to DOS and type in fdisk at the command prompt.  Using fdisk you can partition a hard drive and set active the boot partition.  You are limited to only one primary partition using the DOS fdisk command and four partitions.  This is because DOS will destroy itself  if it sees more than one primary partition.  Microsoft therefore limited fdisk to creating only one primary partition.  However you can create an extended partition and within the extended partition create multiple logical drives.  I have created some more resources for running the fdisk command and creating partitions.  You can view some additional Fdisk resources at the following sites:  Fdisk YouTube video and Fdisk article document.

Another good utility for partitioning a hard drive is GParted a free Open Source utility that runs on Linux.  I like to run GParted from a Live CD Linux distribution using Insert.  This allows me to have complete control over the computer by running my operating system from just the CDROM and allowing me access to the hard drive.  You could also use Insert to recover files on a non functioning hard drive.  Insert then becomes a valuable recovery tool and maintenance tool.  For more information concerning GParted I have a GParted HuPage that you can view.

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