LaCinema PlayHD
Reformatting the LaCinema PlayHD
User Manual
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8. Reformatting the LaCinema PlayHD Hard Disk
Your LaCinema PlayHD is preformatted and optimized for NTFS. It
is ready to receive media content from a Windows computer straight
out of the box. You may reformat the LaCinema PlayHD on a com-
puter (
8.1. Reformatting: Windows
and
8.2. Reformatting: Mac Us-
ers
) or on the device itself.
IMPORTANT INFO FOR MAC USERS:
While the PlayHD will
work with the Mac OS HFS+ (non-journaled) format, it offers im-
proved performance when formatted in Windows NTFS. If your Ma-
cintosh computer includes third-party applications or drivers that
permit writing to NTFS, LaCie highly recommends maintaining NTFS
as the drive format for the PlayHD.
NTFS
HFS+ (non-journaled)
MS-DOS (FAT32)
Windows
✦
Optimized performance when
using the LaCinema PlayHD.
✦
Supports file sizes greater than
4GB
✦
More suited for high definition
media content.
✦
HFS+ is not recommended for Win-
dows.
✦
Compatible with Windows and Mac
✦
A maximum single file size restriction of
4GB.
✦
Not suited for larger high definition media
content.
Mac
✦
The Mac OS can read and copy
files from NTFS disks.
✦
The Mac OS requires third-party
software or drivers to write to
NTFS disks.
✦
In most instances, HFS+ (non-jour-
naled) offers very good performance
for Macintosh systems.
✦
Supports file sizes greater than 4GB.
✦
More suited for high definition media
content.
✦
If your Macintosh computer includes
third-party applications or drivers that
permit writing to NTFS, LaCie highly
recommends maintaining NTFS as
the drive format for the PlayHD.
✦
Compatible with Windows and Mac
✦
A maximum single file size restriction of
4GB.
✦
Not suited for larger high definition media
content.
Once you have chosen a file format, see sections
8.1. Reformat-
ting: Windows
,
8.2. Reformatting: Mac Users
, or
8.3. Reformatting:
The LaCinema PlayHD TV Menu
for instructions on formatting your
LaCinema PlayHD.
IMPORTANT INFO:
Please note that the Mac disk format HFS+
(journaled) is not supported on the LaCinema PlayHD. LaCie can-
not guarantee performance if you format the LaCinema PlayHD’s
internal hard drive in HFS+ (journaled).