User`s guide

Chapter 6: Expansion and Option Devices
Digital HiNote VP 500 Series 6-13
Figure 6-10: Removing the HDD (step 2)
Partitioning the Hard Disk
Your notebook’s factory installed hard drive was formatted with a 42MB non-DOS partition.
Without this special partition, you would not be able to take advantage of the notebook’s battery
conserving Suspend to Disk Time-out feature (see Chapter 2 for more information).
A PHDISK Utility has been installed on your hard drive. Use this utility if you feel that a 42MB
partition is not adequate for your needs, and you want to enlarge the partition size. Other reasons
why you may want to use the PHDISK utility is if you purchase a new hard drive, you have
increased the amount of system memory (RAM) or you are reformatting a hard drive.
When partitioning a Disk, you can either allow the PHDISK utility to automatically allocate the
amount of disk space required for the partition or specify an amount yourself. If you wish to
customize the partition size, Digital recommends a partition size of at least 42 MB.