There are easier ways to partition drives, made to make it easier for those who aren't so techie oriented. Most HDD manufacturers offer a free drive installation utility, such as Maxtor's MaxBlast, which will help you format and partition the drive if you aren't comfortable using DOS commands. Using the DOS commands will help you to learn something useful, but the utility usually also includes a way to force the BIOS to recognise drives that may be too large for the age of the BIOS.