Operating instructions

Maintenance and service
12.5 Reinstalling the operating system
SIMATIC Panel PC 677B
Operating Instructions, 05/2007, A5E01035609-01
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Partition setup
Set up the hard disk partitions after having installed a new hard disk, or to repair faulty
partitions, or to change the partitioning.
Caution
When you delete or create partitions or logical DOS partitions, you lose all data on the hard
disk. All partitions on the hard disk will be deleted.
With Windows XP/2000 operating systems, the factory state features two partitions with an
NTFS file system on the hard disk. To restore the partitions to factory state, proceed as
follows:
1. Boot from the Recovery DVD and then follow the on-screen instructions until the
"Recovery Functions" window is displayed.
2. Start the "DiskPart" tool in the "Siemens SIMATIC Recovery" window. Enter the following
commands in the displayed command interface:
list disk Displays all available hard disks.
select disk 0 Selects the disk where you wish to change the configuration. 0
selects the first hard disk.
list partition Displays all partitions on the selected hard disk.
clean Completely wipes the selected hard disk. All information stored there
is lost.
create partition primary size=n Creates a primary partition with the n MB on the selected hard disk.
Factory state values:
n = 10000 for Windows 2000 or XP
select partition 1 Select the primary partition
active Activates the selected partition
exit Closes DiskPart.
Additional DiskPart functions:
Help Shows all available DiskPart commands. When a command is
supplemented with other parameters, the command is described
with additional information.
Example: create partition help
Note
Once you have change the configuration of your hard disk with DiskPart, you will need to
reboot the PC for the changes to go into effect.
Boot again from the Recovery DVD to format the partitions.