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Old October 2nd 08, 01:32 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.apps
Jeff Richards
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Default How do I properly FDISK my hard drives?......................

You don't have to create a primary partition on the second drive - it can be
set up with an extended partition and logical drives only. The advantage is
that if you have multiple partitions on the first drive then they will all
be lettered before any partitions on the second drive, which some people
would regard as more logical. The disadvantage is that the second drive
could not be configured as a boot drive without re-partitioning.

Apart from that, all other arrangements are really just personal preference.

See: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour/html/partitions.html
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Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"Dave" wrote in message
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Hi,

I am getting ready to install Windows 98 on a 1ghz P3 with 512mb Ram
system.

I have two hard drives a 10GB and a 40GB.

How should I partion them?

In FDISK I noticed options for DOS, Non-Dos, and logical, I am not sure
which to use for the second hard drive.

Also which should be my primary drive the 10GB or the 40GB?

Thanks for any advice and opinions!!!