NEC VT 300 Series Laptop User Manual


 
Configuring the System 3-27
4. After you select the type of hard drive format you want to
do (Quick or Full), the Formatting Drive(s) screen
appears with a status bar showing the progress of the
formatting.
After the drive is reformatted, the Installing Applications
screen appears, indicating the status as the operating
system loads from the CD.
The drivers and other software components required for
the operating system are also loaded from the CD.
After the OS finishes loading, the Operating System
Restore Completed screen appears. Go to
step 6
.
5. To partition the hard drive, click
Continue
on the
Partitioning the Hard Drive screen. The Partition
Information screen appears in Windows 95 and Windows
98 systems In Windows NT 4.0 systems, the FAT16
Partition warning appears as described in
step 7
.
6. The Partition Information screen has three options and
lets you select the File Allocation Table (FAT) type you
want to use for the operating system restore.
Click
Back
to return to the Operating Mode screen.
Click
FAT 16
to select the FAT16 allocation table
(current FAT type).
Click
FAT 32
to select the FAT32 allocation table
(available for Windows 95 and Windows 98 systems
only).
Note
:
Some older software may not work in
a Windows 95 or Windows 98 system configured
for FAT 32.