Windows Users
Technical Note:
Windows XP 32-bit: These operating systems will not recognize volumes
greater than 2TB in size. Windows XP x64 and Windows Vista Enterprise/Ultimate (32- and 64-
bit versions): These operating systems will recognize volumes greater than 2TB in size, but the
disks must be converted to the GPT file system before partitions greater than 2TB can be
created. To do this, right-click the disk and click
Convert to GPT
.
1. Make sure the drive is connected to and mounted on the computer.
2. Right-click
Computer
and choose
Manage
. From the Manage window select
Disk
Management
.
3. From the list of drives in the middle of the Disk Management window, locate your LaCie hard
drive.
4. By default, a partition is already created on the drive with LaCie softwares and utilities. Follow
your operating system instructions to reset the existing partition.
5. To create a new partition, select
New Simple Volume
. When the New Simple Volume Wizard
will appears, follow on-screen instructions.
Mac Users
1. Make sure the drive is connected to and mounted on the computer.
2. Select
Utilities
from the
Go
menu in the Finder menu bar.
3. In the Utilities folder, double-click
Disk Utility
.
When you open Disk Utility, you will see the message
Select a disk, volume, or image
. All
connected hard drives, partitions, or disk images will be displayed in this column. Storage
devices in this column may have multiple listings. The top name is the name of the physical
drive's manufacturer, and includes the formatted capacity.
4. Select the hard drive in the left-hand column.
5. Click the
Erase
tab.
6. Choose a format from the drop-down window. See
About File System Formats
for more
information on choosing a file format.
7. Give the volume a name.
8. Click
Erase…
and confirm in the popup window.
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