Operation Manual

Automatic Partition Operations

Windows NT/2000/XP operating systems' initial letter assignment is done

automatically: in Windows NT 3.x it's similar to Windows 95, and in

Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000/XP similar to Windows 95OSR/98.

Windows NT 4.0 does not support FAT32, but assigns letters to such

partitions.

Please note that letter order in these operatin

systems can differ dependin

the number of hard disks and other disk drives recognized by the BIOS.

All these operating systems enable you to change initially assigned letters.

Partition create, delete and move operations do not affect letters assigned

to other partitions. Assigning a partition a new letter or hiding it will

prevent only its applications and files from running or opening. Other

partitions will not be affected by these operations.

OS startup problems may appear if you directly change the letter

assigned to the system partition or a partition with PAGEFILE.SYS swap

file.

Hard disk partition letter assi

nment in various operatin

systems is further

explained in all

uide chapters where the partition operations mi

ht affect PC

operation or booting.

9. On the next page, you can enter an optional partition label that will enable you to

distinguish one created partition from another.

In Windows, a partition label is shown in the Explorer disk and folder tree, for

example, WIN98(C:), WINXP(D:), DATA(E:), etc. WIN98, WINXP and DATA are

partition labels. See also Appendix C «Glossary» — «

Label».

10. The last wizard page graphically shows you the new disk partition structure,

including those just created.

Created partition in the disk partition structure