5.
Click the Initialize button to format the hard drive (see Figure 4). As an alternative, you may use
the
Custom Setup
option if you are comfortable with customizing the hard drive
’
s partition layout.
For more details on the
Custom
Setup option, please refer to your Power Macintosh User
’
s Manual.
Figure 4: Initializing the Hard Drive
6.
After the hard drive is successfully initialized, it should appear on the desktop as
“
untitled.
”
7.
The hard drive may be renamed by selecting the word
“
untitled
”
and typing your own
name or description for your new drive.
8.
Repeat steps 4 through 7 if you wish to format additional hard drives connected to
SeriTek/1V4.
9.
Select the
File
pull-down menu within Apple
’
s
Drive Setup
utility and choose
Quit
to exit
the application
Formatting Serial ATA Drives Using Macintosh OS X Version 10.1.5 or Later
1.
Turn on your Macintosh computer.
2.
Open Apple
’
s
Disk Utility
which is located in the Utilities folder of the Macintosh OS X
start-up volume.
To open this application:
a) Double click the Mac OS X startup volume
b) Double click the
Applications
folder
c)
Double click the
Utilities
folder
d) Double click the
Disk Utility
icon (See Figures 5 and 6 for examples)
