Apple PC Compatibility Card 7-inch card User Manual download pdf (Page 110)

Configuring PC drives

To work in the PC environment, you need to tell the PC where PC software

and files are stored. You do this by mapping PC drive letters to storage areas

using the PC Setup control panel. You can map drive C or D to a PC-

formatted SCSI hard drive attached to your Macintosh, or to a drive

container—a file you create on a Macintosh hard drive that acts as a virtual

PC drive. You can also use a drive container created by SoftPC or

SoftWindows.

Note: A hard drive or drive container only boots when assigned to drive C.

Creating a drive container

To create a drive container for drive C or D, follow these steps:

1 Open the PC Setup control panel.

2Choose New Drive File from the C: or D: pop-up menu.

3In the dialog box that appears, choose a location for the drive container.

4Type a name and a size for the container.

The size you choose depends on the amount of space available on your hard

disk and on the size of the files you want to store in the drive container.

5If you want to format the drive container with multiple partitions, click Initialize Drive File

to remove the X from the box.

If you want the container to have a single partition, leave this box checked

and PC Setup will initialize the container for you.

6Click Create.

7 To format the container with multiple partitions, switch to DOS and prepare the drive

using the FDISK and FORMAT commands.

To make the container bootable, use the /S parameter of the FORMAT

command. See the DOS HELP command for more information.

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Apple PC Compatibility Card 7-inch card User Manual Page 110