LaCinema PlayHD
Reformatting the LaCinema PlayHD
User Manual
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8.2. Reformatting: Mac Users
IMPORTANT INFO FOR MAC USERS:
While the PlayHD will
work with the Mac OS HFS+ (non-journaled) disk format, it offers
improved performance when formatted in NTFS. If your Macintosh
computer includes third-party applications or drivers that permit writ-
ing to NTFS, LaCie highly recommends maintaining NTFS as the
drive format for the PlayHD.
The steps listed below will help you format and partition your disk
drive using Mac OS X. Please see
8.1.1. Formatting for Windows XP
or
8.1.2. Formatting for Windows Vista/7
for instructions on format-
ting using alternative operating systems. For more information on
the optimal file format, go to
8. Reformatting the LaCinema PlayHD
Hard Disk
.
CAUTION:
Following these steps will erase all media files from the
LaCinema PlayHD. Back up all media that you want to protect or
continue to use before you format the disk drive. Please note that
your PlayHD settings will be preserved (i.e. language).
1. Connect the drive to the computer via the interface port.
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 (
Fig. 86
). Select your LaCie
hard disk from the list of available hard disks on the left side of
the window.
5. Select the
Partition
tab (
Fig. 87
).
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Fig. 86
Fig. 87
