[optiondoctor]

This is my first time on the forum, and I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask my question. I hope it is. My hard drive failed, & I bought a new one. I need to partition the new HD, and Microsoft only tells me to "use the fdisk & Format tools." The problem, I can't find them. Used to be I would use a floppy setup disk that had both fdisk & format on it. The Sony I'm working on doesn't HAVE a floppy. I've tried to find a way to create a setup CD, but no luck. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Pastor Tom

[dustyjay]

Windows installation will partition and format your disk during installation. That is presuming you are installing windows on this hard drive

[dustyjay]

Or is this going to be a second disk in the computer? If so then from with in Administrative tools/computer management/ disk manager you would locate the new drive as unallocated space, right click on it then initiate the disk, which will partition it and format it for you from there.

[Elvandil]

Don't use fdisk for any modern operating systems. Those old DOS tools are not appropriate for NT-based systems.

As mentioned, formatting and partitioning are part of the setup routine (or done in Disk Management for installed systems).