LaCie LaCinema Rugged
Reformatting the LaCinema Rugged
User Manual
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6. Reformatting the LaCie LaCinema Rugged
Windows Users
6.1.
ImpOrTANT INfO:
The drive should not be reformatted to
a file system other than FAT32 or NTFS. If the drive is format-
ted in a different format (such as HFS+), files will NOT appear
on your television screen. For details, see
1.4. Views of the
LaCinema Rugged
.
The process of formatting a drive on a computer running Win-
dows 2000, Windows XP or Windows Vista 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.
CAUTION:
Following these steps will erase everything from
the LaCinema Rugged. If you have information that you want
to protect or continue to use, back up this information before
performing these steps.
Connect the drive to the computer via the interface port.
1.
Right-click
2.
My Computer
and select
Manage
.
From the “Computer Management” window, select
3.
Disk
Management
(located below the
Storage
group). See Fig.
6.1-A.
If the “Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard” window appears,
4.
click
Cancel
.
Windows will list the Hard Disks that are installed on the
5.
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
6.
Unallocated
, right-click and
select
New Partition…
On the first page of the “New Partition Wizard,” click
7.
Next.
See Fig. 6.1-A.
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Fig. 6.1-A
Fig. 6.1-B
