3.2 Removing the GUID Partition Scheme
Only for XP, 2000, ME and earlier. (XP 64-BIT, Vista & Windows 7 can continue to the next section)
➆
Type
exit
and hit enter.
➇
Close the command prompt window.
You may now proceed with formatting the drive.
Your new OWC Mercury On-The-Go Pro is preformatted for use with a Macintosh.
Unfortunately, this is not readable by Windows without special software. If you
wish to use your storage solution on a computer running Windows, you will need to
repartition and reformat using the following instructions.
➀
Go to the DOS command prompt by selecting “Run”
from the Start Menu.
➁
Type in
cmd
in text box, and hit the“OK” button.
➂
Type
diskpart
and hit enter.
➃
Type
list disk
and hit enter.
➄
Type
select disk x
replacing
x
with the number of the disk you want to reformat.
(Typically, you will see an asterisk (*) under “GPT” for the disk requiring formatting.)
➅
Type
clean
and hit enter.
OWC Mercury On-The-Go Pro
Chapter 3 - Formatting
WARNING:
The
clean
command will destroy ALL data on the disk you run it on!!! Be sure
there is nothing you need to keep on your drive before running any of these commands.
WARNING: The
clean
command will destroy ALL data on the disk you run it on!!! Be sure
there is nothing you need to keep on your drive before running any of these commands.
