Fusion F2 Setup
Figure 7
Windows Drive Formatting & Configuration
This section describes the process of formatting and configur-
ing Fusion F2's drives using command line prompts and Disk
Management under Windows Vista; steps for formatting under
Windows XP Professional are nearly identical
.
1.
Start Windows, click the Start button, type “command window”
in the Start Search field, and then click the command prompt
link to launch the Command Prompt application
(Figure 7)
.
2.
At the command prompt, type “diskpart” (without the quotation
marks), and then press Enter. If a
User Account Control
window
appears, click Continue.
3.
In the
DISKPART
window, type “list disk” and then press Enter
to display all the hard drives attached to the system
(Figure 8)
.
4.
Select one of the Fusion F2’s drives by typing “select disk X”
(with X as the number of the disk as seen in the listing, e.g.
“select disk 3”), and then press Enter
(Figure 8)
.
5. Type “clean” and then press Enter to erase all the information on
the drive and prepare it for formatting by Windows
(Figure 8)
.
6. Repeat steps 4 and 5 for the other Fusion F2 drive, and then close
the DISKPART and Command windows.
7.
Click the Start button, type “disk management” in the Start
Search field, and then click the disk management link to launch
the Disk Management application.
8.
When the
Initialize Disk
window appears, select a partition style,
and then click OK; both Fusion F2 drives will be initialized
(Figure 9)
.
9. Right click the name field of one of the Fusion F2 drives and
select the formatting type you wish to use for the Fusion F2’s
drives
(Figure 10)
.
10. Depending on the formatting type you chose, a Wizard may
appear; follow the onscreen instructions to complete formatting
of the drive(s). Once the drives are finished being formatted, they
are ready to use.
Figure 8
Figure 9
Figure 10
Support Note:
The drives included with Fusion F2 are
formatted using the GUID partition table for use with Intel-
based Mac computers. In order to use Fusion F2 with your Windows
computer, you must reformat the drives following the directions
below.