LaCie LaCinema Classic
Reformatting the LaCinema Classic
User Manual
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6.2. Mac Users
CAUTION:
Following these steps will erase everything from
the LaCinema Classic. If you have information that you want
to protect or continue to use, back up this information before
performing these steps.
IMPORTANT INFO:
The drive should not be reformatted to a
file system other than FAT32 or FAT16. If the drive is formatted
in a non-FAT32 format (such as NTFS or HFS+), files will NOT
appear on your television screen. This format limitation is also
valid for storage devices connect through the LaCinema Clas-
sic’s USB expansion port on the front of the drive. For details,
see
1.4. Views of the LaCinema Classic
.
1. Connect the drive to the computer and turn on the drive.
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 Disk
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 X gives
you the option of dividing the drive into at most 16 parti-
tions). You can adjust the size of each partition using the
slide bar between the partitions in the
Volume Scheme:
area.
7. In the
Volume Information
section, enter a name for each
volume (partition), choose the volume format.
8. Once you have finalized the volume options, click
Parti-
tion
. Click
Partition
again when the alert message appears
to continue.
9. Mac Disk Utility will format and partition the disk according
to your settings, and your drive will be ready to use.
Fig. 6.2
