LaCie Rugged Hard Disk
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Optional Formatting and Partitioning
User Manual
page 17
3.2.2. Formatting from HFS+ (Apple File
System) to NTFS
Follow the steps in this section if you used LaCie Setup Assistant to
format your drive for use with a Mac or if you reformatted your LaCie
hard disk as an HFS+ volume on a Mac.
CAUTION:
Following these steps will erase everything from the
hard disk. If you have information that you want to protect or con-
tinue to use, back up this information before performing these steps.
1. Right-click
My Computer
and select
Manage
(
Fig. 15
). The
Computer Management window opens.
2. Select
Disk Management
under Storage (you may have to
expand the Storage list to see the Disk Management option).
See
Fig. 16
. Information about all storage devices connected to
your computer appears in the pane on the right.
3. Find the disk corresponding to your LaCie hard disk. Right-click
on the “Unallocated” volume in the disk allocation bar and se-
lect
New Partition…
from the right-click options menu (
Fig.
16
). The New Partition Wizard opens.
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Fig. 15
Fig. 16
