Class 4 - FDISK and using the Win98 CD as an admin tool

TUESDAY - 9/4/2007

LAB WORK - FDISK AND WIN98 CD AS AN ADMIN TOOL

1. Boot from Win98 CD-ROM with Support
2. DIR command at the a:/ shows virtual/fake drive in RAM - CD contents (a:\ and b:\ drives normally reserved for floppy's - can't be assigned to anything else)
3. Look around on drive using DIR. Do you see FDISK?
4. FDISK /mbr (clears master boot record off everything - useful if machine had previous install of LINUX - LINUX puts things on the Master Boot Record that FDISK won't remove without the /mbr switch
5. Walk through FDISK - read and understand all messages on all screens
6. Preview current partitions using option 4 in FDISK
7. Delete existing partitions (if there is an extended partition, delete it first)
8. Must get out of FDISK before you CTRL/ALT/DEL so that it is saved.
9. Use FDISK to review partitions to see that they are all gone
10. Create a 100MB Primary Partition
11. Set the Primary Partition to active - must be active to load an OS on it. Can only have 1 active partition
12. Review partition information using option 4 of FDISK
13. Create an extended partition using the rest of the drive space
14. Create a logical drive - 100MB - give it the drive letter d:\
15. Must get out of FDISK before information is saved
16. CTRL / ALT / DEL
17. Boot from CD with support
18. FDISK - option 4 - Are your drives there?
19. Now we need to format ... Type FORMAT at the a:\ - bad command ... not an internal command and not in the directory we are in. Where is it? Go find it...
20. Change to the CD drive ... yours may be e:\ or d:\ or something else
21. Find the \tools folder and navigate to it
22. DIR - do you see FORMAT?