LaCie Skwarim
Using Your LaCie Skwarim
User Manual
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9. Here you must specify partition size. It is recommended that
you leave the partition set to the maximum available size, un
less you want multiple partitions on the same drive. Click Next.
10. Select Assign drive letter and select the desired letter for the
drive. Click Next (
Fig. 06
).
11. Select Format this partition… and then select a file system:
FAT32
is a file system that is compatible with Windows 98 SE, Win
dows Me, Windows 2000 and Windows XP; however, it has limita
tions. In Windows 2000 and Windows XP, you will not be able to
create a partition greater than 32GB.
NTFS
is a newer file system that is compatible only with Windows
NT, Windows 2000 and Windows XP. It has fewer limita tions than
FAT 32 and will enable a partition to be created that is larger than
32GB.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
Please refer to section
4.2. File System For-
mats
, for a more detailed discussion on the differences be tween the
two systems.
12. Click Next.
13. Click Finish.
14. Disk Management will create the partition and begin format
ting the drive. Once completed, close Disk Management and
your new drive will be ready to use (
Fig. 07
).
Fig. 06
Fig. 07
