7. Creating A New Partition (continued):
Mac OS X 10.x.x:
Initializing a Hard Drive:
1.Open Disk Utility (under Applications\Utilities)
2.Select the attached drive in the list to the left. Click it and then click the partition tab to the right.
3.Select the desired partitioning scheme.
4.Open the Type
5.Resize the volumes if desired.
6.When ready, click OK.
7.Click Initialize.
If initialization fails, do the following:
1.Choose Initialization Options from the Functions menu.
2.Click the checkbox next to "Low level format", then click OK. Choosing this option adds significant time to the initialization process.
Formatting a Hard Drive:
1.Start the Disk Utility tool (under Applications\Utilities)
2.Select the new hard drive you are trying to install
3.Click on the “Erase” tab
4.Choose a volume format and assign a name to the new drive.
5.Click on Erase.
6.Once complete, your new hard drive should be mounted on your desktop.
Note: If the hard drive will not mount on your system, format the drive with a FAT32 or NTFS partition first through a PC system. Once formatted, connect the
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