Technical data

System Restoration
2-15
Formatting the Hard Drive
CAUTION: This procedure will erase all data
residing on the Hard Disk Drive. Before
proceeding, ensure all important files are backed
up.
This procedure assumes the DIGITAL HiNote Ultra 2000 Media
Dock is not attached to the notebook.
1. When the system boots to the DIGITAL HiNote Ultra
System CD, the system will prompt you whether or not
you want to continue booting using this CD, press [Y].
Then a second screen will appear prompting you to
press any key to continue, press the Space bar. An
action menu will appear.
2. Select option 2 to initialize and partition a new hard drive
using the FDISK utility.
When running FDISK, you will be prompted whether or
not to enable large disk (FAT32) support. Choose No to
enable FAT16. Also make sure you set the Active
Partition flag to make it bootable.
NOTE: If you choose Yes to enable large disk support
(FAT32) and want to install WinNT or a WIN95 non-
SR2 operating system at a later time, you will have to
repeat the complete Windows 95 System Restoration
procedure and enable FAT16.
3. Reboot the system. When prompted press the Space
bar to continue and the action menu will appear.
4. Choose option 3 to Format the C: partition of your hard
drive.