# Remember: **URL:** \ **Category:** Chatting over the Back Fence\ **Created:** [March 16, 2018, 5:54am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/remember/32144 "2018-03-16T05:54:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![System1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/51bf81/32.png) [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 5:54am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/remember/32144/1 "2018-03-16T05:54:01Z")
FDISK is a utility, included in all versions of MS-DOS and Windows, for formatting (preparing) a hard disk drive to hold data and to logically partition the disk, specifying and naming major portions of it for different uses. FDISK is used to prepare and partition a brand new hard drive, and typically most personal computers today arrive with the drive already partitioned and loaded with the operating system and perhaps other software. A typical personal computer today arrives with a single partition that is addressed by the operating system as the logical C drive. (Some PCs also have one or two diskette drives addressed as the A and B drives. PCs with CD-ROMs also usually address the CD-ROM as the D drive. But a hard disk drive can be divided into and addressed as several “logical” drives, or partitions.) What is the real meaning of fdisk? ## – Sewermonger Sewermonger’s Profile: [https://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=63](https://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=63) View this thread: [https://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=507423](https://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=507423) ---
**Author:** ![malcolmlewis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/malcolmlewis/32/11375_2.png) [@malcolmlewis](https://forums.suse.com/u/malcolmlewis)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2018, 5:26pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/remember/32144/2 "2018-03-17T17:26:51Z")
> [@](#): > > On Fri 16 Mar 2018 03:54:01 AM CDT, Sewermonger wrote: > > What is the real meaning of fdisk? Hi Get rid of MS and install Linux 😉 There is fdisk (and gdisk, parted, sgdisk etc) in linux as well… it’s a tool for preparing your disk partitions… as either type dos (3, primary, 1 extended and then Logical up to 15(?) ) or gpt (128 partitions) for UEFI booting. – Cheers Malcolm °¿° SUSE Knowledge Partner (Linux Counter #276890) openSUSE Leap 42.3|GNOME 3.20.2|4.4.114-42-default If you find this post helpful and are logged into the web interface, please show your appreciation and click on the star below… Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2018, 4:34pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/remember/32144/3 "2018-03-18T16:34:24Z")
Felton knows what fdisk is. Trust me on that. 🙂 – Susan Micro Focus Community Chat Moderator Please read the following before posting in here: [http://preview.tinyurl.com/27zopdy](http://preview.tinyurl.com/27zopdy) * * * This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. [http://www.avg.com](http://www.avg.com) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2018, 11:12am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/remember/32144/4 "2018-03-19T11:12:24Z")
On 16/03/2018 03:54, Sewermonger wrote:[color=blue] > What is the real meaning of fdisk?[/color] More historically true, really - any modern windows pc should be on secure boot (which requires its own partition) and using gpt (which fdisk can’t “see”) by now. ---
**Author:** ![kgroneman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f1d935/32.png) [@kgroneman](https://forums.suse.com/u/kgroneman)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2018, 4:59pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/remember/32144/5 "2018-03-20T16:59:53Z")
Hey Sewermonger: [color=blue] > What is the real meaning of fdisk?[/color] Felton Disk…er… Fixed Disk My question is why did you have to run fdisk if your disk was already fixed? – Kim - 3/20/2018 8:58:25 AM