Chapter 2 - Formatting
2.5 Formatting your Guardian MAXimus on Windows 2000 and later
Instructions for other operating systems can be found at
http://www.newertech.com/format
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With the drive connected to the computer and powered
on, right click on the “My Computer” icon and select “Man-
age” from the menu. The “Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard”
window should appear.
If the Wizard does not appear, expand the Storage menu by
clicking on the plus (+) sign. Then, right click next to the disk
number of the drive that you have just connected and click
Initialize to bring up the Wizard.
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In the next window, there should
be only one drive listed. That will
be the drive that you connected via
eSATA, FireWire or USB. Make sure the
box next to the drive name is checked
and click “Next.”
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The Wizard will perform its tasks,
and you will get the following screen.
You may click “Finish.”
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