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4.2 Usage with Windows Operating Systems
4.2.1 Formatting a Drive
When you first mount a drive to a Windows operating system, a pop-up window will ask you if you would
like to format it. Click “Format Disk” and skip to Step F. If the prompt does not pop up, use the Disk
Management utility by following these steps:
a)
Right-click on the My Computer icon on the desktop (Windows XP) or the Computer button in the Start
Menu (Windows Vista, 7, Server 2008, Server 2008 R2, Server 2012), then select Manage. For Windows
8, select your Desktop, then open Windows Explorer from the toolbar. Right-click on “Computer” in the
left-hand navigation pane and select Manage. The Computer Management window will open.
b)
In the left pane of this window, left-click on Disk Management (labeled ‘B’ in the picture below).
c) The drive should appear in the list of Disks in the lower middle/right pane. You may need to scroll down
to see it. If the drive is already formatted, you can identify it easily by its volume name. If the Device
Properties Box (labeled ‘C’ in the picture below) says “Not Initialized”, you’ll need to initialize the disk
before formatting it.
Right-click on the Device Properties Box and select Initialize Disk. If you are prompted to select a partition
type, select MBR for volumes 2TB or smaller, or GPT for volumes larger than 2TB.
Note:
Windows XP
does not support GPT for volumes larger than 2TB.
d) To format the volume, right-click the Drive Properties Box (labeled ‘D’ in the picture below) and select
“New Partition…” (Windows XP) or “New Simple Volume...” (Windows Vista, 7, 8, Server 2008, Server
2008 R2, Server 2012).
The Disk Management section on the left is highlighted and
denoted with a B, and the Device Properties and Drive Properties
boxes are highlighted and denoted with a C and D respectively,
corresponding to the steps above.
e) Unless you wish to customize the settings in these dialog prompts, Click “Next” on the Select Partition
Type (shows up in Windows XP only), Specify Volume/Partition Size, and Assign Drive Letter or Path
dialog prompts, leaving the default settings.
f) You will now see a window that allows selection of a file system. Choose NTFS and enter a name for
the new volume. Be sure to check the box labeled “Quick Format”, which will ensure that the formatting
process takes less than a minute.
g) Click “Next” and then “Finish” to start the format process. When the format is complete, the Drive
Properties Box will update to show the new volume name. The new volume can now be found by double-
clicking on the My Computer icon on the desktop (Windows XP), by clicking on the Computer button in
the Start Menu (Windows Vista, 7, Server 2008, Server 2008 R2), or by clicking on “Computer” in the
navigation pane of a Windows Explorer window (Windows 8, Windows Server 2012).