LaCie Desktop Hard Disk
User Manual
Formatting and Partitioning
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3.2. Formatting for Mac Users
Connect the drive to the computer and turn on the
1.
drive.
Select
2.
Utilities
from the
Go
menu in the Finder
menu bar.
In the Utilities folder, double-click
3.
Disk Utility
.
The Disk Utility window will open. Select the volume
4.
labeled
LaCie Desktop Hard Disk
from the list of
available hard disks on the left side of the window.
Select the
5.
Partition
tab.
From the
6.
Volume Scheme:
menu, choose the num-
ber of partitions you want to divide the drive into
(Mac OS 10.x gives you the option of dividing the
drive into at most 16 partitions). You can adjust the
size of each partition using the slide bar between the
partitions in the
Volume Scheme:
area.
In the
7.
Volume Information
section, enter a name
for each volume (partition), choose the volume for-
mat (Mac OS Extended, Mac OS Standard, UNIX
File System, or MS-DOS).
Once you have finalized the volume options, click
8.
Partition
. Click
Partition
again when the alert mes-
sage appears to continue.
Mac Disk Utility will format and partition the disk
9.
according to your settings, and your drive will be
ready to use.
Fig. 3.2.
ImpOrTANT INfO:
Please refer to section
3,
Formatting and Partitioning
, for a more detailed
comparison of the various file system formats.
CAUTION:
Following these steps will erase
everything from the Hard Disk. If you have in-
formation that you want to protect or continue to
use, back up this information before performing
these steps.
ImpOrTANT INfO:
Apple recommends that
unless you have a specific reason to use the UNIX
File System (UFS), you should use the Mac OS
Extended format because it provides a more famil-
iar experience to Macintosh users.
