How to use the hard disk partitioning tool GDISK
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http://tech.sina.com.cn 2001/07/31 China Computer Education News Xiao Dongjiao
In today's world where Windows runs rampant, everyone must be familiar with the partitioning tool FDISK. And everyone surely knows its speed too—it really makes you anxious waiting for it. Is there any better partitioning software? The answer is definitely yes; let me explain it slowly.
Everyone will surely think of PartitionMagic, PM, but PM has to be installed before it can be used. And the latest version cannot support DOS, but if you have just bought a new hard disk, you will definitely need to use FDISK to partition it. So there is a new type of partitioning software. It is a version included in GHOST2000 released by Symantec: GDISK. It can support up to 18 hard disks. If you have Clone Era 2000 installed, you can find a GDISK.EXE in its installation directory. You only need to enter DOS mode to run GDISK.EXE.
GDISK has seven uses in total:
Create a partition Create Partition
Delete a partition Delete Partition
Activate a partition Active Partition
Hide a partition Hide Partition
Update the MBR record MBR
Delete all data on the hard disk DiskWipe
The basic format for creating a partition is: gdisk disk /CRE {/PRI|/EXT|/LOG}
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Example: Gdisk/cre/pri/sz:3000/-32/for/q/v:MYC
The above means creating a primary partition with a capacity of 3000M, the partition format is FAT32, quick format, and the volume label is (MYC).
The basic format for deleting a partition is: gdisk disk /DEL {/PRI|/EXT|/LOG:nth|/P:partn-no|/ALL}
gdisk/del/all means deleting all partitions. This command must only be used after careful consideration. Otherwise, you bear the consequences yourself.
Example: gdisk/del/pri/diskwipe means deleting the primary partition and erasing the hard disk data.
Activate a partition: gdisk disk /ACT /P:partn-no
This means activating whichever partition; P: indicates which partition. What is worth noting is: /p: treats drive C as number 1, D as number 2, and so on, so I won't go into details here.
Hard disk surface data wiping: gdisk/diskwipe/dowipe means erasing hard disk data
If there is still anything users do not understand, they can use Gdisk/? to get help.
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http://tech.sina.com.cn 2001/07/31 China Computer Education News Xiao Dongjiao
In today's world where Windows runs rampant, everyone must be familiar with the partitioning tool FDISK. And everyone surely knows its speed too—it really makes you anxious waiting for it. Is there any better partitioning software? The answer is definitely yes; let me explain it slowly.
Everyone will surely think of PartitionMagic, PM, but PM has to be installed before it can be used. And the latest version cannot support DOS, but if you have just bought a new hard disk, you will definitely need to use FDISK to partition it. So there is a new type of partitioning software. It is a version included in GHOST2000 released by Symantec: GDISK. It can support up to 18 hard disks. If you have Clone Era 2000 installed, you can find a GDISK.EXE in its installation directory. You only need to enter DOS mode to run GDISK.EXE.
GDISK has seven uses in total:
Create a partition Create Partition
Delete a partition Delete Partition
Activate a partition Active Partition
Hide a partition Hide Partition
Update the MBR record MBR
Delete all data on the hard disk DiskWipe
The basic format for creating a partition is: gdisk disk /CRE {/PRI|/EXT|/LOG}
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Example: Gdisk/cre/pri/sz:3000/-32/for/q/v:MYC
The above means creating a primary partition with a capacity of 3000M, the partition format is FAT32, quick format, and the volume label is (MYC).
The basic format for deleting a partition is: gdisk disk /DEL {/PRI|/EXT|/LOG:nth|/P:partn-no|/ALL}
gdisk/del/all means deleting all partitions. This command must only be used after careful consideration. Otherwise, you bear the consequences yourself.
Example: gdisk/del/pri/diskwipe means deleting the primary partition and erasing the hard disk data.
Activate a partition: gdisk disk /ACT /P:partn-no
This means activating whichever partition; P: indicates which partition. What is worth noting is: /p: treats drive C as number 1, D as number 2, and so on, so I won't go into details here.
Hard disk surface data wiping: gdisk/diskwipe/dowipe means erasing hard disk data
If there is still anything users do not understand, they can use Gdisk/? to get help.