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The original FDISK; program doesn't allow you to create more than one primary; partition. Super Fdisk does, therefore it's a powerful tool; for creating any combinations of partitions. This can be; extremely useful for system administrators and OS deployment. ? ? Notes for Using And Running:;; You'd better run Super Fdisk under pure MS DOS environment,; because partition operations are independent of operating systems; and they are very 'low level', some function such as; 'Create Partition', 'Format Partition', 'Delete and Secure Erase'; can only run under pure MS DOS environment.;; Of course, you can run Super Fdisk under the MS DOS prompted; window in WINDOWS 9x or WINDOWS ME. To execute Super Fdisk,; just type 'sdisk' at MS DOS command prompt or double click; sdisk.exe by mouse in the path of Super Fdisk. Also you can; use mouse to choose 'Create Emergency Disk' from 'General'; menu to run Super Fdisk under pure MS DOS environment.;; When restore partition table to harddisk, the master boot; sector will be overwritten. So you need 'Disable' the 'Anti-Virus'; option in BIOS setup.;; When running, the partitions circumstantially will be Displayed; by chart and tables. The cylinder diagram on the top displays; the positions of all the allocated partitions.;; The type and other detail parameters of partitions are listed; in a table on the middle of screen. About the meanings of these; parameters,please refer to 'About Partition Table' in Help; files.;; Before operating on a partition you must select it first. To; Select a partition, just click the partition in the diagram or; in the table. And also you can use Up or Down key to select.;; In order to prevent mistakes, all operations except 'Create; Partition','Format Partition', 'Delete Partition' are not written; to harddisk immediately. They are saved in memory buffer; instead.;; When completed and there is no error, you can send out an; 'apply' command by CtrL+S key or select 'Save' on menu 'General'.; Then Super Fdisk will write all your operations to harddisk; one-off.; Notes for the freeware version:;; You can download the freeware version of this program from; http://www.ptdd.com;; F R E E W A R E :;; You may use Super Fdisk for free as well as copy, distribute and; transmit Super Fdisk. And it is only for your personal use, not ; commercial use.;; Super Fdisk, Copyright (C) YIWO Tech Ltd(for short) 2002-2006; by PTDD Group. · ▀ √ ▌▌▀²▌ ⁿ¬¬¬» ²▌ ²▀²▀▀ · ▀ #D║¼ñVz▌▌ ²▀ ▌▀ ²▀ ▌▌▀ ▌ ²▌ ²▀ ²▀ ▌ ²▀¡» ▌ ▌ ▌ · ▀ √ ▌▌▀²▌ ⁿ¬¬¬» ²▌ ²▀²▀▀ · ▀ #D║¼ñVz▌▌ ²▀ ▌▀ ²▀ ▌▌▀ Copyright (C) YIWO Tech Ltd(for short) 2002-2006 by PTDD Group.; All rights reserved.;; Internet:;; http://www.ptdd.com/;; Windows is a registered trademark owned by Microsoft Corporation.;; All other mentioned trademarks can be registered trademarks of their; respective owners.;; Distribution of materials of this Help both in original and/or edited; form in published form (book) is forbidden unless a special written; permission from the author is obtained. THIS DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED; IS THERE ARE NO EXPLICIT OR IMPLIED OBLIGATIONS, CONFIRMATIONS OR; WARRANTIES, INCLUDING THOSE RELATED TO SOFTWARE MARKETABILITY AND; SUITABILITY FOR ANY SPECIFIC PURPOSES, TO THE DEGREE OF SUCH LIMITED; LIABILITY APPLICABLE BY LAW.;; This program is delivered together with a limited version of FreeDOS.; To be exact, it is possible to create a boot disk that uses this; program together with FreeDOS..;; This program does not use any function or functionality of FreeDOS.; The copyright of this program has no connection with the copyright; of FreeDOS. The using rights of this program have no connection with; the using rights of FreeDOS.;; FreeDOS is a completely independent and different program and is; subject to the general rights of use and the General Public Licenses;(GPL).;; Source code to FreeDOS is available: either writing to us for a copy; of the kernel source code that we used, or visit; http://www.freedos.org/ to download the latest version of FreeDOS! · ▀ √ ▌▌▀²▌ ⁿ¬¬¬» ²▌ · ▀ √ ▌▌▀²▌ ⁿ¬¬¬» ²▌ · ▀ √ ▌▌▀²▌ ⁿ¬¬¬» ²▌ Frequently Asked Question( FAQ ):;; Ask:; Does Super Fdisk support all the hardware?;; Answer:; The Super Fdisk basically supports every Hardware.; However, some hardware products have inherent errors, which become; noticeable when using the Super Fdisk:;; More details see Problems with Hardware;;; Ask:; Does Super Fdisk support all the operating systems / file systems?;; Answer:; Yes, Super Fdisk functions independently from the operating; or file systems! A few operating systems, however, have some; limitations, which need to be observed when using the Super Fdisk:;; More details see Problems with operating systems / file systems;;; Ask:; Is it possible for Super Fdisk to manage one operating; system(s) together with another operating system(s)?;; Answer:; Yes, the Super Fdisk can manage individual operating systems; separately. Therefore, each individual operating system works; with other operating system.;;; Ask:; I worked under WINDOWS NT/2000/XP, how can I use Super Fdisk?;; Answer:; Run sdisk.exe under WINDOWS NT/2000/XP, and insert an empty floppy; to drive A, then 'Create Emergency Disk', at last run scopy.bat.;;; Ask:; I want to find my lost partitions, could Super Fdisk help me?;; Answer:; Another product of our company Partition Table Doctor could help you; recover lost partitions.; More details see http://www.ptdd.com/recoverylostpartition.htm.;;; Ask:; One of partitions on hard disk is marked with 'X', what does it mean?;; Answer:; If boot sector of one Fat16/Fat32/Ntfs partition was corrupt, it; will be marked with 'X' by Super Fdisk. Our company another product; Partition Table Doctor can repair boot sector of the partition.; More details see http://www.ptdd.com/fixboot.htm.;;; Ask:; What's the difference between 'Delete' and 'Delete And Secure Erase'?;; Answer:; Use Delete to remove a partition from a hard disk. While the data; within the partition continue to reside on the hard disk, it can; only be made accessible by the Undelete partition tool. ( e.g.; Partition Table Doctor ); If you prefer to remove a partition from a hard disk and destroy all; the data, you can use the Delete and Secure Erase option. Once a; partition has been securely erased, it cannot be brought back using; the Undelete partition tool.;;; Ask:; Is tech support free?;; Answer:; Yes! It's free for all.;;; Ask:; I have more questions - whom should I write to?;; Answer:; Please send your additional questions to support@ptdd.com.;;; ⌠ddd · ▀ √ ▌▌▀²▌ ⁿ¬¬¬» ²▌ · ▀ √ ▌▌▀²▌ ⁿ¬¬¬» ²▌ · ▀ √ ▌▌▀²▌ ⁿ¬¬¬» ²▌ · ▀ √ ▌▌▀²▌ ⁿ¬¬¬» ²▌ · ▀ √ ▌▌▀²▌ ⁿ¬¬¬» ²▌ · ▀ √ ▌▌▀²▌ Notes For Problem / Solution:;;;; Problem with Hardware:;;; Problem:;; Error: The BIOS cannot support Interrupt 13 Extensions;; Solution:;; Firmware Update to version 1.23 or higher;;; Problem:;; BIOS with Anti-Virus Options (Almost All BIOS);; Solution:;; You should 'Disable' the 'Anti Virus' option in BIOS setup.;; Problem:;; Cannot write to hard disk under pure MSDOS or Freedos.;; Solution:;; You should 'Disable' the 'Anti Virus' option in BIOS setup.;; Problem:;; Size of hard disk displayed by Super Fdisk is different from; the real size of hard disk.;; Solution:;; You should enter CMOS and Run HDD IDE AUTO DETECTION to setup; the hard disk.;; Problem:;; Warning after a program trying to modify the master boot record.; This is most likely a virus.;; Solution:;; This might be a message from an anti-virus program: The Super; Fdisk modifies the master boot record. That is the reason why; some anti-virus programs erroneously report this as a virus. Please; permit the modification if you want Super Fdisk to modify the partition; table.;;;; Problem with Software:;;; Problem:;; Error: cannot allocate more memory;; Program is too big to fit in memory;; Solution:;; Restart computer and use Super Fdisk;;; Problem:;; Cannot use mouse under pure MSDOS or Freedos.;; Solution:;; Edit config.sys and autoexec.bat. Here are examples in the path of; Super Fdisk installation(e.g., c:\sdisk\Win98 and c:\sdisk\Dos6.22). But; we recommend if you want to run Super Fdisk under pure MSDOS, you'd; better use 'Emergency Disk'. Also you could run ctmouse.exe under; pure MSDOS before running Super Fdisk.;;; Problem with Operating systems:;;; Problem:;; The Super Fdisk cannot run under Windows NT/2000/XP;; Solution:;; You can run sdisk.exe to create emergency disk under Windows NT/2000; /Xp. After 'Create Emergency Disk' under Windows NT/2000/XP, then run; scopy.bat to copy freedos kernel files to drive A. · ▀ √ ▌▌▀²▌ ⁿ¬¬¬» ²▌ ⁿ¬¬¬» ²▌ · ▀ √ ▌▌▀²▌ ⁿ¬¬¬» ²▌ · ▀ √ ▌▌▀²▌ ⁿ¬¬¬» ²▌ · ▀ √ ▌▌▀²▌ ⁿ¬¬¬» ²▌ · ▀ √ ▌▌▀²▌ ⁿ¬¬¬» ²▌ · ▀ √ ▌▌▀²▌ ⁿ¬¬¬» ²▌ · ▀ √ ▌▌▀²▌ ⁿ¬¬¬» ²▌ · ▀ √ ▌▌▀²▌ ⁿ¬¬¬» ²▌ · ▀ · ▀ ▀ Menu: General;;;; Reload:;; Press 'Ctrl+L' key or select 'Reload' from menu 'General'. Reload; means restarting Super Fdisk.;;;; Reports:;; Press 'Ctrl+P' key or select 'Reports' from menu 'General' . You; should input a file name for the reports of the hard disk partition; table.The reports contains details of hard disk information and; Cylinder/Head/Sector parameters of each partition on one hard disk.;;;; Save:;; Press 'Ctrl+S' key or select 'Save' from menu 'General' . In order to; prevent mistakes, all operations except 'Create Partition', 'Format; Partition', 'Delete Partition' are not written to hard disk immediately.; They are saved in memory buffer instead. If you want to save; modification, we recommend that you save modification before exit.;;;; Create Emergency Disk:;; Press 'Ctrl+D' key or select 'Create Emergency Disk' from menu; 'General' menu. You should insert an empty 1.44M floppy disk. We; recommend that you Create Emergency Disk when you first run Super; Fdisk. The Emergency Disk contains partition tables of the hard disks.; Backup is better than recovery!;;;; Exit:;; Press 'Alt+F4' key or select 'Exit' from menu 'General' . If you have; done any operations to partition, Super Fdisk will automatically; detect the modification, but we recommend that you save modification; before exit if you want to. After saving modification, you should; reboot immediately. If you run Super Fdisk under MS DOS, Super Fdisk; will reboot immediately. If you run Super Fdisk under WINDOWS 9x or; WINDOWS ME, you must choose Start->Close system to reboot computer; immediately.;; · ▀ √ ▌▌▀²▌ ⁿ¬¬¬» ²▌ · ▀ ⁿ¬¬¬» ²▌ √ ▌▌▀²▌ Menu: Partition;;;; Create partition:;; The Create operation lets you create primary partitions, extended; partitions, and logical partitions. On a single hard disk, you can; have up to four primary partitions or three primary partitions and; one extended partition. Within an extended partition, you can create; unlimited additional subdivisions called logical partitions.;; Creating a new partition can make your drive letters change,; causing applications not to run because application shortcuts,; initialization files, and registry entries refer to incorrect drives.;; STEPS TO CREATE A PARTITION;; If you have multiple hard disks and partitions, the process and; available options may differ slightly from the following steps.;; To create a partition:;; 1. From the Harddisks drop-down list, select the disk where you want; to create the new partition.;; 2. On the disk map, select a block of free space. If no free space; exists, you must resize or delete an existing partition to create; free space.;; 3. Click PARTITION > CREATE on the menu bar. The CREATE PARTITION; dialog appears.;; 4. In the Type box, click LOGICAL PARTITION or PRIMARY PARTITION.; If you select LOGICAL PARTITION, Super Fdisk will automatically; create an extended partition to enclose the logical partition, or; if you have already had an extended partition, resize the extended; partition larger to encompass the logical partition (the free space; must be inside of or adjacent to the extended partition).;; If LOGICAL PARTITION is unavailable, you may already have had four; primary partitions on the hard disk. Or, if you have an extended,; partition you may not have selected a block of free space inside of; or adjacent to the extended partition.;; 5. From the System drop-down list, select the desired file system; type:;; - FAT is the most common file system type. It is used by DOS and all; versions of Windows.;; - FAT32 is used by Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2, Windows 98/Me,; and Windows 2000/XP.;; - EXTEND creates an extended partition which can contain any number; of logical partitions. EXTEND is not an option if the hard disk has; already contained an extended partition or four primary partitions.;; - UNFORMATTED creates unformatted free space on your hard drive.;; 6. If you want to, enter a label (up to 11 alphanumeric characters); for the new partition.;; Descriptive labels help remind you what is stored in a partition (for; example, DATA, APPS, WIN95, etc.).;; If you choose EXTEND or UNFORMATTED from the System drop-down list,; label is of no effect.;; 7. In the SIZE box, enter the desired size for the partition.;; Super Fdisk automatically calculates a recommended size (based on the; most efficient use of disk space), which you can accept or change.;; 8. Click OK.;; NOTE: If you are running Windows NT/2000/XP, type or select the drive; letter you want to assign to the partition in the DRIVE LETTER box.; An exception is Windows NT/2000/XP which can handle multiple primary; active partitions.;; When the computer restarts, the operating system assigns the new; partition a drive letter.;;;; DELETE Partition:;; Use Delete to remove a partition from a hard disk. While the data; within the partition continue to reside on the hard disk, it can; only be made accessible by the Undelete partition tool. ( e.g.; Partition Table Doctor ); If you prefer to remove a partition from a hard disk and destroy all; the data, you can use the Delete and Secure Erase option. Once a; partition has been securely erased, it cannot be brought back using; the Undelete partition tool.;; Note: The delete operations may change drive letter assignments.;; STEPS TO DELETE A PARTITION;; 1. From the Harddisks drop-down list, select the disk with the; partition you want to delete.;; 2. On the disk map, select the partition you want to delete and; click PARTITION > DELETE on the menu bar.;; 3. Click Delete or Delete and Secure Erase.;; 4. Click OK.;;;; FORMAT Partition:;; The FORMAT operation formats a partition, destroying all its data in; the process. Formatting enables you to put a different file system on; a partition.;; To format a partition:;; 1. From the Harddisks drop-down list, select the disk with the; partition you want to format.;; 2. On the disk map, select the partition you want to format and click; PARTITION > FORMAT on the menu bar. The FORMAT PARTITION dialog; appears.;; 3. From the System drop-down list, select the desired file; system type.;; NOTE: If the partition is too small or too large, some System may not; be available.;; 4. If you want, type a label for the partition.;; 5. Click OK.;;;; Active partition:;; Right click the partition you want to activate and choose 'Active'.; Only one Primary partition must be activated. Logic partition also; could be activated. To unactivate one logic partition, Right click; the logic partition and choose 'Unactive'.;;;; Hide partition:;; Right click the partition you want to hide and choose 'hide'.; To unhide it, Right click the partition and choose 'Unhide'. Hide; partition support FAT16/FAT32/NTFS/Linux ext2/Linux swap file system.;;;; Check properties:;; Super Fdisk will automatically check all parameters when; loading or updating partition table. To check it manually, just press; 'F5' key or select 'Check properties' from 'Partition' menu.;;;; Surface test:;; Right click the partition you want to surface test and choose; 'Surface test'. This function is used for checking bad sectors on; one partition. It checks partitions not by 'clusters' and it doesn't; label out the bad sectors on one partition. Super Fdisk will check; every sector and display when it finds a bad track (head).; While completed, a bad sectors list file 'surface.txt' will be created. · Menu: Operations:;;;; Backup partition table:;; In order to backup your partition table to a file, press 'F1' key; or select 'Backup partition table' from 'Operations' menu, then enter; the file name you want backup to.;;;; Restore partition table:;; To restore the partition table from a backup file, press 'F2' key; or select 'Restore partition table' from 'Operations' menu, then enter; the file name you want to restore to harddisk. There are two choices:; 'Disk'restore file directly to harddisk. Warning: This operations could; not be recovery !;; If you are not sure about your backup file, we strongly suggest; you choose 'VirtualDisk' choice , which uses memory instead. So you; can confirm that the partition table is just what you want and apply; the partition table by press 'Ctrl+S' key or select 'Save' from; 'General'menu later. If you choose 'VirtualDisk', boot sector of each; partition will not be written!;;;; Erase MBR (Master Boot Record):;; Use this function to manually Erase the master boot record (located; on cylinder 0, head 0 and sector 1) and you can create new partitions; on the hard disk.;; Warning: This operation will delete all partitions on the hard disk.; While the data within the partition continue to reside on the hard; disk, it can only be made accessible by the Undelete partition tool.; ( e.g. Partition Table Doctor ). · ▀ √ ▌▌▀²▌ ⁿ¬¬¬» ²▌ · ▀ √ ▌▌▀²▌ ⁿ¬¬¬» ²▌ · ▀ √ ▌▌▀²▌ ⁿ¬¬¬» ²▌ · ▀ √ ▌▌▀²▌ · Menu: View;;;; Harddisk Parameters:;; This function displays size( GB ), cylinder, head, sector of current; hard disk.;;;; Dec( Hex ):;; For convenience, the parameters for partition table displayed by; Super Fdisk are in decimal numbers by default. The menu item; 'Dec( Hex )' under 'View' menu is used for conversion between hex and; decimal display. · ▀ √ ▌▌▀²▌ ⁿ¬¬¬» ²▌ · ▀ √ ▌▌▀²▌ ⁿ¬¬¬» ²▌ · ▀ √ ▌▌▀²▌ ⁿ¬¬¬» ²▌ · ▀ √ ▌▌▀²▌ · · ▀ Menu: Help;;;; Contents:;; Displays the contents of this help file.;;;; About:;; About Super Fdisk and The Super Fdisk homepage(http://www.ptdd.com).; · ▀ √ ▌▌▀²▌ ⁿ¬¬¬» ²▌ · ▀ √ ▌▌▀²▌ ⁿ¬¬¬» ²▌ · ▀ √ ▌▌▀²▌ ⁿ¬¬¬» ²▌ · ▀ √ ▌▌▀²▌ · · ▀ √ ▌▌▀²▌ ⁿ¬¬¬» ²▌ Updates:;;;; Any updates will be informed from http://www.ptdd.com.;;;; Super Fdisk, Copyright (C) YIWO Tech Ltd(for short) 2002-2006 by; PTDD Group. All rights reserved.; √ ▌▌▀²▌ · ▀ √ ▌▌▀²▌ ⁿ¬¬¬» ²▌ ²▌ · ▀ √ ▌▌▀²▌ ⁿ¬¬¬» ²▌ · ▀ √ ▌▌▀²▌ ⁿ¬¬¬» · ▀ √ ▌▌▀²▌ ⁿ¬¬¬» ²▌ Glossary:;;;; active partition:;; One primary partition (usually on the first hard disk) is marked; 'active,' meaning it is the partition from which an operating system; will be booted when the computer starts up.;;; boot sector:;; The first sector of a hard-disk partition. If the partition is; bootable, the boot sector contains a boot record, and the code which; is used to boot the operating system installed on that partition.;;; disk map:;; The section of the Super Fdisk main window that graphically displays; a selected hard disk's partition information. The disk map, shows the; partitions to scale approximately. Each partition is represented by a; different color according to the file system it uses.;;; drive letter:;; A single character in the range A to Z that identifies a partition; or logical drive for use by an operating system. Not all partitions or; logical drives are accessible by all operating systems. Also, the; drive letters that assigned by different operating systems to the; same partition or logical drive may not be the same.;;; extended partition:;; An extended partition is a special kind of primary partition that; was developed to overcome the four partition limit. The extended; partition is a container inside of which you can create logical; partitions. The extended partition itself does not hold any data, nor; is it assigned a drive letter. But logical partitions inside the; extended partition can hold applications and data and are assigned; drive letters.;;; Free space:;; A section of your hard disk that is not currently assigned to a; partition. Free space is not recognized by the operating system.; Usually,you do not want free space because that section of your; hard disk will not be used. You can either resize a partition larger; to incorporate free space or create a new partition in the free space.;;; label:;; The name that you give to a volume or partition.;;; MBR (Master Boot Record):;; The master boot record is contained in the first sector of the first; physical hard disk. The MBR consists of a master boot program and a; partition table that describes the disk partitions. The master boot; program looks for the partition table to see which primary partition; is active. It then starts the boot program from the boot sector of the; active partition.;;; partition list:;; The section of the Super Fdisk main window that displays a selected; hard disk's partition information in text form. The partition list,; displays the following information about each partition: drive letter,; volume label, file system type, size, status.;;; primary partition:;; A partition referenced in the master boot record (MBR) partition; table.Only four primary partitions can exist on a hard disk. One of; these may be an extended partition. Only one primary partition on; a drive may be active at a time. When one primary partition is; active, the other primary partitions are typically not accessible.; Data and programs are often placed on a logical partition inside; an extended partition. This enables the data to be accessed by; all primary partitions. · ▀ √ ▌▌▀²▌ ⁿ¬¬¬» ²▌ · ▀ √ ▌▌▀²▌ ⁿ¬¬¬» ²▌ · ▀ √ ▌▌▀²▌ · ▀ √ ▌▌▀²▌ ⁿ¬¬¬» ²▌ · ▀ √ ▌▌▀²▌ ⁿ¬¬¬» ²▌ · ▀ √ ▌▌▀²▌ · ▀ ▀ √ ▌▌▀²▌ ⁿ¬¬¬ » ²Change Harddisk:;;;; Click the Disk drop-down list on the toolbar, and choose; hard disk which you want.;; Also you can press 'Tab' key between the Disk drop-down list and; table,Press 'Enter' key and then Press 'Up' or 'Down' key to choose; hard disk which you want.;; Super Fdisk supports four hard disks. · ▀ √ ▌▌▀²▌ · ▀ √ ▌▌▀²▌ ⁿ¬¬¬» ²▌ · ▀ √ ▌▌▀²▌ ⁿ¬¬¬» ²▌ · ▀ √ ▌▌▀²▌ ⁿ¬¬¬» ²▌ · ▀ √ ▌▌▀²▌ ⁿ¬¬¬ About Partition Table:;;;; Partition can be considered as a piece of disk space, which is ; marked thereby runs on some operating system. Partition table is; located at the first sector (cylinder 0, head 0 and sector 1) of; each hard disk. It memorizes information about sizes and locations; of partitions on hard disk. The partition information is started on; offset 1BEH of master boot sector. Each partition entry is 16 bytes ; long.The total partition table is 64 bytes long. Then partition table; is limited to a maximum of 4 entries. That is, there is a maximum of; 4 partitions, which is called primary partition and can be created on; hard disk.;; But there are problems: many people want to create more than 4 ; partitions. So the extended partition is designed for this demand.; Master extended partition is the primary partition. Differing from ; other partitions,the first sector of extended partition is not a boot ; sector, but another partition table, which is called logical partition; table.;; Commonly, there are only two partition entries in logical partition ; table. One points to a partition, called logical partition, whose; boundary must be limited to the extended partition. The other entry, ; if needed,of the extended partition table points to the next logical ; partition table. Similarly, its boundary is limited to its parents ; extended partition. And the next logical partition table may also have; two partition entries: ; one points to a logical partition the other points to another logical ; partition table and the rest may be deduced by analogy. Therefore, ; many partitions could be created in extended partition.;; Now let us have a look on the layout of a partition entry.; The 16 bytes of one entry are as follows:;; OFFSET BYTE DESCRIPTION;; 0 1 Boot label. Tells computer to boot from this partition;; 1 1 Starting head;; 2 1 Lower 6 bits(bit 0 to bit 5) is starting sector.; Higher 2 bits(bit 6 to bit 7) is the higher bits of starting cylinder;; 3 1 The lower 8 bits of starting cylinder;; 4 1 Partition type;; 5 1 Ending head;; 6 1 Lower 6 bits(bit 0 to bit 5) is ending sector.; Higher 2 bits(bit 6 to bit 7) is the higher bits of ending cylinder;; 7 1 The lower 8 bits of ending cylinder;; 8 4 Leading sectors of this partition;; 12 4 Number of sectors of this partition;; a) Boot label (offset 0):;; Most disks have one primary partition, but some people want to have; more than one operating system on their computers. Therefore, they; have to create other primary partitions. In order to tell the computer; which operating system is ready to boot from, one 'Active' partition is; needed.That's why partition table always keeps an indicator of the; currently 'Active' partition - the one from which the computer boots.; In Super Fdisk, the active partition is figured out by 'Active' with; 'Yes'.;; b) Starting position (offset 1-3):;; Describes the partition's starting position, the cylinder, the head; and the sector. Also called starting CHS.;; starting head = (OFFSET 1);; starting sector = (OFFSET 2) & 0x3f;; starting cylinder = (((OFFSET 2) & 0xc0)<<2)|(OFFSET 3);; c) Partition type (offset 4):;; Indicates what file system is in the partition. For example, 06 or; 0E indicates a FAT file system. 0B or 0C indicates a FAT32 file; system. 07 indicates NTFS or OS/2 HPFS file system.;; d) Ending position (offset 5-7):;; Describes the partition's ending position, the cylinder, the head; and the sector. Also called ending CHS.;; e) Leading sectors (offset 8-11):;; The number of sectors before this partition. If we count all sectors; on hard disk sequentially from zero, this field will exactly point to; the first sector of this partition.;; f) Number of sectors (offset 12-15):;; The total number of sectors on this partition. So the size of this; partition will be (Number of sectors)*512/1048576 MB. Liability / Warranty:;;;; If this program is used improperly, it may result in the; irretrievable destruction of all data on your harddisk!;; It is thus absolutely necessary to create a backup before using; the Super Fdisk. According to the ruling by the district court; Konstanz 1 S 292/95 from May 10 1997, daily data backup is ; reasonable and can be expected!;; Thus, any responsibility or liability for any losses or damages is; not accepted! UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES!;; The software is provided as is without warranty of any kind. Any; rights for modifications or follow-up corrections do not exist.;; Should you find any errors, please let our support staff know; and we will try to correct the error within a few days.;; The Super Fdisk is delivered together with a limited version of; FreeDOS.;; FreeDOS is a completely independent and different program. FreeDOS; is freeware and does not grant any warranty claims.;;; More about FreeDOS on the Internet at: http://www.freedos.org/;; Super Fdisk, Copyright (C) YIWO Tech Ltd(for short) 2002-2006 by; PTDD Group. All rights reserved. √ ▌▌▀²▌ · ▀ √ ▌▌▀²▌ ⁿ¬¬¬» ²▌ · ▀ √ ▌▌▀²▌ ⁿ¬¬¬» ²▌ · ▀ √ ▌▌▀²▌ · ▀ √ ▌▌▀²▌ ⁿ¬¬¬» ²▌ · ▀ √ ▌▌▀²▌ · ▀ √ ▌▌▀²▌ ⁿ¬¬¬» ²▌ · ▀ √ ▌▌▀²▌ ⁿ¬¬¬» ²▌ · ▀