User`s guide

Chapter 6: DigiDrive Management for Windows NT and Windows 2000 27
chapter 6
DigiDrive Management for Windows NT and
Windows 2000
To use your DigiDrive on a computer running a
Windows operating system, you need to format
and partition the drive properly. Once this has
been accomplished, you need to keep your
DigiDrive in peak operating condition by per-
forming maintenance operations and checks on
a regular basis.
This chapter contains the following sections:
◆ Windows Drive Subsystem Overview
◆ Creating Primary Partitions
◆ Formatting Partitions
◆ Creating an Emergency Repair Disk
◆ Saving the Disk Configuration
◆ Keeping Your Hard Drive Tuned Up
◆ Troubleshooting
Windows Drive Subsystem
Overview
Windows allows you to create multiple parti-
tions on a single drive as a way to manage
projects and files. This section helps to clarify
the function of partitioning a drive and other
features related to drive performance.
The following list provides some information
concerning partitions and disk devices on Win-
dows systems:
◆ You can partition your drive as one primary
partition, having the partition represented by a
drive letter (Figure 22).
Digidesign does not support extended parti-
tions or logical drives on the DigiDrives.
Figure 22. One partition per physical drive
G
One partition (Drive G)