How to create a partition using fdisk.
Question
How to create a partition using fdisk.
Answer
Note: Before creating a primary partition, delete other partitions. If a primary partition has been created but you wish to create an extended partition or additional driver letters, skip to the section for how to create a logical DOS drive within an extended partition.
How to create a primary partition
It is important to note that if you wish to create a partition larger than 2gig you must create a primary partition using FAT32. To do this, when entering fdisk answer Y, for yes, to enable large disk support.
1 - Create Primary DOS Partition.
Once in creating a primary DOS partition, specify how big you wish to create the primary partition. If you wish to create additional drive letters do not specify the full amount of available disk space.
Note: Only one primary partition can be created on a hard disk drive.
How to create a logical DOS drive within an extended partition
1 - Create DOS partition or Logical DOS drive
2 - Create Extended DOS partition
It is important to note that you can only create one extended partition. You must enter the full amount of the maximum space available for logical drive. This can be later broken down into logical drives.
3. Enter the amount of the logical drive size in Mbytes or percent of disk. For example: Space (%)...[ 2000] which would be 2gig.
Additional information
- See the partition definition for further information and related links.