5
F
ORMATTING
THE
F
LASH
D
RIVE
The Napster flash drive
is formatted as a FAT16 volume at the factory—allowing you to
format the flash drive and access files using standard Windows or Mac OS tools. For
instructions on formatting drives, refer to the documentation provided with your
computer’s operating system.
Formatting for Mac Only Use
Mac users get better performance
when flash drive is formatted as a
Mac OS Extended volume. To
format the drive in Mac OS X, do
the following:
1
Open
Disk Utility
and select
your flash drive.
2
From the
Volume Format
list,
choose
Mac OS Extended
(Journaled)
.
3
Click the
Erase
button.
After formatting the flash drive
for Mac OS, you can customize the Finder window for
quick access to the files and folders on the drive.
E
NABLING
W
RITE
P
ROTECTION
The Napster flash drive has a write protect switch to
prevent users from accidentally erasing the data on the
drive.
To enable write protection, slide the write protect switch
aft to the locked position. To disable write protection,
slide the write protect switch forward to the unlocked
position.
Formatting the flash drive
destroys all data stored on the drive.
Mac OS Extended volumes cannot be accessed from Windows.
When the write protect switch is in the Lock position,
you cannot format or write data to the drive.
Write
Protect
Switch
Lock