LaCie Mobile Drive User’s Guide 04/17/2003 v.2
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4.2 Mac Users
•
Mac OS 9.x –
To erase the drive, highlight the drive icon on the desktop and go to
Erase Disk under the Special menu. You may erase in the Mac OS Extended or Mac OS
Standard File System.
Important Note
:
Please refer to
Chapter 5. Technical Information,
section
5.3
Mac OS Standard vs. Mac OS Extended
, for a more detailed discussion on the
differences between the two systems.
•
Mac OS 10.x – Use the
Apple Disk Utility
application, which is native to the operating
system.
4.2.1 Formatting and Partitioning Using Mac OS 10.x
Warning!
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.
1) Connect the drive to the computer via the USB port.
2) Once the drive mounts onto the desktop, go to the
Menu Bar
, and open
Go
.
3) From the
Go
menu, click on
Applications
.
4) In the
Applications
menu, open the
Utilities
folder, and then double-click
Disc Utility
from
the
Utilities
folder.
5) The
Disc Utility
window will open. In the left side of the window will be a list of the
available hard disk drives. You should see a volume that represents your internal hard drive,
and one that reads
LaCie
.
6) Select the
LaCie
drive, and then click on the
Partition
tab.
7) From the
Volume Scheme:
button, choose the number of partitions you want to divide the
drive into by clicking on the pull down menu starting with
Current
(Mac OS 10.x gives you
the option of dividing the drive into at most 8 partitions). You can customize the size of the
partitions by using the slide bar between the partitions in the
Volume Scheme:
area.
8) In the
Volume Information
section, create a name for each partition, choose the volume
format (Mac OS Extended, Mac OS Standard or UNIX File System) and the volume size.
Important Note
:
Please refer to
Chapter 5. Technical Information,
section
5.3
Mac OS Standard vs. Mac OS Extended
, for a more detailed discussion on the
differences between the two systems.
Important Note
:
Apple recommends that unless you have a specific reason to
use the UNIX File System (UFS), you should use the Mac OS Extended format since
it provides a more familiar experience to Macintosh users.
9) In the
Options
section, click the
Install Mac OS 9 Disk Drivers
box if you plan on sharing
the drive between the Mac OS 9.x and Mac OS 10.x.
10) Once you have finalized the volume format, number of partitions, size and options, click
OK
. The following message will appear: “
Warning!
Saving the new volume will erase all
existing volumes. This can NOT be undone. Are you sure you want to do that?” Click
Partition
to continue.