Integration Guide

PSS Software Installation
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WaveWorks PSS, Integration Guide, 1.10 Page 25
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4.6 Create and Format the Database partition
You may remember the discussion about the creation of a D: partition on the hard drive from the
early steps of this procedure. If you created a D: partition then, you may skip to the Format
steps. If you did not create a D: partition earlier, we will create (and then format) one here. The
D: partition is where we store all the database data files. Run the Disk Administrator utility to
create and format the D: partition:
• Click on the Start button, then Programs, then Admin Tools, then Disk Administrator
• Click OK to update the configuration
Creating the D: partition
<< TO DO: add steps on creating a Logical drive in an Extended partition. Include info about
possibly needing to move the CD-ROM drive letter to E first, so that you can make the new
partition the D: drive>>
Formatting the D: partition
- Click on the D: drive to select it (make it the active partition)
- Right click on then D: drive, then select “Format”
- Change the file system to NTFS (NTFS is more efficient than FAT)
- Change the Volume label to “Database”
- Select the “Quick Format” option
- Click on the “Start” button
- A warning message about losing data displays. Click OK.
- A “Format complete” message displays. Click OK.
- Click on “Close” to exit the Format window.
- Close “Disk Admin” window (click on the “X” in the upper right corner of the screen).