LaCie d2 Quadra
Quadruple Interface Hard Drive
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Helpful Information
4.1. Formatting and Partitioning Your LaCie d2 Quadra Hard Drive
Once you have setup your LaCie d2 Quadra Hard
Drive, you can reformat it to suit your needs.
Windows Users
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Disk management utility
Disk management utility
Windows 2000 and XP – Use the Disk Manage-
ment Utility, which is native to the operating system.
Formatting Using Windows 2000 and Windows XP
The process of formatting a drive on a computer
running Windows 2000 or Windows XP consists of
two steps: (1) installing a signature on the drive, and
(2) formatting the drive. These steps will erase anything
that is on the disk.
Connect the drive to the computer via the interface
port.
Right click
My Computer
and click
Manage
.
From the
Computer Management
window, select
Disk Management
(located below the
Storage
group).
If the
Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard
window
appears, click
Cancel
.
Windows will list the hard drives that are installed
on the system. Locate the drive that is represented
by the icon. Right click the icon and select
Initialize
.
In the box to the right that says
Unallocated
, right
click and select
New Partition...
In the first page of the New Partition Wizard, click
Next.
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