Fdisk simulation
Within this screen you will have the capability of deleting pre-existing DOS partitions. If you currently have no disk space available on your hard drive and wish to create additional partitions, you must first use this screen to delete the partitions and then you will be able to create partitions. NOTE: if you delete partitions, any information on those partitions will be erased and CANNOT be recovered.
Delete DOS Partition or Logical DOS Drive Current fixed disk drive: 1 Choose one of the following: 1. Delete Primary DOS partition Enter Choice: [ ] Press Esc to return to FDISK Options |
1. Delete Primary DOS partition - Use this option to delete your main primary partition. However, if you currently have any Extended / Logical DOS partitions, you must delete these partitions before you will be able to delete the Primary DOS partition.
2. Delete Extended DOS partition - If you have your computer partitions into more than one drive, use this option to delete the extended dos partition(s). You must delete the Logical DOS Drive(s) before you can delete the Extended DOS partition.
3. Delete Logical DOS Drive(s) in the Extended DOS Partition - This option would be used first if you have extended DOS partitions and wish to delete the extended partitions.
4. Delete Non-DOS Partition - This option is usually used for partitions that either have been created by third-party applications, such as a DDO or other operating systems such as IBM Warp, Unix, as well as various other operating systems.
Example of what has been explained above:
Bob has created three partitions on one hard disk drive; however, he would like to delete them all.
Step 1. Delete the two logical DOS drive(s) in the Extended DOS partition with Option number three.
Step 2. Once the Logical DOS partitions have been deleted, choose option number two to delete the extended DOS partition.
Step 3. Choose option one to delete the Primary partition.
Step 4. Reboot the computer to allow above changes to take effect.