LaCie 301273 User Manual - page 18
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User Manual
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Formatting and Partitioning
3.2. Formatting for Mac Users
1. Connect the drive to the computer and wait for it to
mount.
2. Select Utilities from the Go menu in the Finder
menu bar.
3. In the Utilities folder, double-click Disk Utility.
4. The Disk Utility window will open. Select the volume
labeled LaCie Hard Drive from the list of available
hard disks on the left side of the window.
5. Select the Partition tab.
6. From the Volume Scheme: menu, choose the number
of partitions you want to divide the drive into (Mac
OS 10.x gives you the option of dividing the drive
into at most 16 partitions). You can adjust the size of
each partition using the slide bar between the parti-
tions in the Volume Scheme: area.
7. In the Volume Information section, enter a name for
each volume (partition), choose the volume format
(Mac OS Extended, Mac OS Standard, UNIX File
System, or MS-DOS if you did step 5).
8. Once you have finalized the volume options, click
Partition. Click Partition again when the alert mes-
sage appears to continue.
9. Mac Disk Utility will format and partition the disk
according to your settings, and your drive will be rea-
dy to use.
Fig. 3.2.2.
IMPORTANT INFO:
Please refer to section
3,
Formatting and Partitioning
, for a more detailed
comparison of the various file system formats.
CAUTION:
Following these steps will erase ev-
erything from the hard drive. If you have informa-
tion that you want to protect or continue to use,
back up this information before performing these
steps.
T o reformat for use with Windows and Mac:
a. Select the Erase tab.
b. Select MS-DOS File System (FAT 32) from
c. the Volume Format menu.
d. Enter a name for the drive of no more than 11
e. characters. Click Erase. Click Erase again.
f. Continue to Step 5.
IMPORTANT INFO:
Apple recommends that
unless you have a specific reason to use the UNIX
File System (UFS), you should use the Mac OS
Extended format because it provides a more famil-
iar experience to Macintosh users.