4. Using Your LaCie Drive
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LaCie d2 Hard Drive Serial ATA
User’s Manual
4.2. Formatting Your LaCie Drive – Windows Users
Caution!
Following these steps will erase anything that is on the hard drive. Therefore, if you have information
that you want to protect or continue to use, backup this information before performing these steps.
4.2.1. Windows 2000 And Windows XP
The process of formatting and partitioning a drive on a computer running Windows 2000 or Windows XP consists of two
steps: (1) installing a signature on the drive, and (2) partitioning/formatting the drive. These steps will erase anything that is
on the disk.
1) Connect the drive to the computer via one of the interface ports.
2) Right-click
My Computer
and click
Manage
.
3) From the
Computer Management
window, select
Disk Management
(located below
the
Storage
group).
4) If this is the first time the drive is being formatted, Windows 2000 will launch the
Write Signature Wizard
(
Write Initialize Wizard
in Windows XP). Click
Next
.
5) Windows will list the new drive(s)
attached. If you are formatting a
single drive, only one drive should
be visible. Select the checkbox next
to the drive and click
Next
.
6) Click
Finish
to exit the Wizard.
7) Now, with the disk management
window open, a new drive will be
visible. Right-click on the available
space and select
Create Partition..
.
