LaCie Big Disk
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Helpful Information
4.1. Formatting and Partitioning
Once you have setup your LaCie Big Disk ,
you can reformat it to suit your needs.
Windows Users
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Disk management utility
Disk management utility
Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Vista
– Use the Disk Management Utility, which is native to
the operating system.
Formatting Using Windows 2000, Windows XP
and Windows Vista
The process of formatting a drive on a computer
running Windows 2000, Windows XP or Windows
Vista consists of two steps: (1) installing a signature on
the drive, and (2) formatting the drive. These steps will
erase anything that is on the disk.
Connect the drive to the computer via the interface
port.
Right click
My Computer
and click
Manage
.
From the
Computer Management
window, select
Disk Management
(located below the
Storage
group).
If the
Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard
window
appears, click
Cancel
.
Windows will list the hard drives that are installed
on the system. Locate the drive that is represented
by the icon. Right click the icon and select
Initialize
.
In the box to the right that says
Unallocated
, right
click and select
New Partition...
In the first page of the New Partition Wizard, click
Next.
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