RA4000e Series User manual
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Partitioning the array – Vista
The array must be partitioned before it can be used. To do this on a Windows Vista operating
system:
1. Right
click
Computer
and click
Manage
.
2. From
the
Computer Management
window,
select
Disk Management
.
3. Windows operation system will list all the
hard drives that are installed on the system.
Locate the RA4000e Series drive that is
represented by the
icon. Right click the
icon and select
Initialize Disk
.
4. The
Initialize
Disk
dialog box will appear,
select the disk number and select the
MBR
(Master Boot Record)
partition style. Click
OK
to partition.
If over 2TB capacity is needed, please
choose
GPT (GUID Partition Table)
to
partition.
5. In the drive box to the right shows
Unallocated
, right click and select
New
Simple Volume
.
6. The
New Simple Volume Wizard
dialog box
will appear, click
Next
to continue.
7. After selecting the partition type, specify the
partition size, and assign a drive letter, the
Format Partition
dialog box will appear. In
addition to regular formatting, you can also
choose
Quick Format
, which allows faster
formatting by skipping the scan of all disk
sectors. Click
Next
to start the format
process.
8. Your drive should now appear in your
Computer
and ready for use.
