SOFTPAQ NUMBER: SP16783
PART NUMBER: N/A
FILE NAME: N/A
TITLE: Compaq PREFDISK Utility for Armada Notebooks
VERSION: 1.0 C
LANGUAGE: English (US)

CATEGORY: Software Solutions

DIVISIONS: Portables

PRODUCTS AFFECTED: Compaq Armada E500 Family
                   Compaq Armada V300 Family
                   Compaq Armada E700 Family
                   Compaq Armada M700 Family
                   Compaq Armada M300 Family

OPERATING SYSTEM: DOS,
                  Microsoft Windows 95, 
                  Microsoft Windows 98
	
SYSTEM CONFIGURATION: N/A

PREREQUISITES: N/A

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 28, 2001

ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ALLOWED: Yes

SOFTPAQ UTILITY VERSION: 5.0

SUPERSEDES: SP16162

DESCRIPTION: Creates a bootable diskette that allows an Armada docking station 
for the models listed above to be configured to legacy IDE mode for Windows 95 
and Windows 98. This makes it possible for FDISK to be used to set the 
partition on the hard drive in the docking station.

ENHANCEMENTS/FIXES: 
 - Fixes issue where you couldn't access all the space on a hard drive greater
   than 8 gigabytes in size.
 - Fixes issue where you couldn't access a hard drive in the top right
   multibay of the ArmadaStation II.

HOW TO USE:

1. Download the SoftPaq to a directory on your hard drive.
The file downloaded is a self-extracting executable with a filename 
based on the SoftPaq Number above.

2. Execute the downloaded file and follow the on-screen instructions. 
Confirm the unpacking of files to create a new directory 
folder in the download directory.  All files are unpacked into this 
newly created directory.

3. After the directory has been created, you may delete the 
self-extracting file downloaded in step 1.

4. To create the installation diskette, follow the on-screen 
instructions.

5. After the bootable diskette is created, you may delete the directory 
created in step 2 if you wish.


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