Instruction manual
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macOS
If you install a brand-new drive that doesn’t contain any data, you must prepare the
drive for use.
Warning!
When you complete the following steps, you create a partition that uses the
entire drive space.
1. Do one of the following:
• In
Spotlight
, enter
Disk Utility
.
• Open
Finder
. Navigate to
Applications
and click
Utilities
. Open
Disk Utility
.
2. Select the drive and click the
Partition
tab.
3. Enter a name for the partition.
4. Click
Apply
.
The drive now appears on your desktop and is accessible in
Finder
.
Disconnect a drive
Caution!
When you remove a drive from the dock, the dock resets. Before removing a
drive from the dock, make sure that the hard drive LEDs are not blinking.
Windows OS
1. Click the
Safely remove Hardware and Eject Media
icon in the task bar.
2. Select the drive in the list of storage devices.
3. When a message appears saying that it’s safe to remove the drive, press the drive
eject button on the dock and remove the drive from the dock.
Warning!
If you remove the drive before the message that says it’s safe to do so
appears, you could experience lost or corrupted data.
