LaCie Rugged Hard Disk user manual 2-C

LaCie Rugged Hard Disk • Design by Neil Poulton	Optional Formatting and Partitioning
User Manual	page 20

4.On the Welcome to the New Partition Wizard screen, click Next.

5.Select Primary Partition and click Next.

6.If you would like to create more than one partition on the disk, enter the size of the first partition in the “Partition size in MB” field. Otherwise, leave the default values and click Next.

7.Choose a drive letter to assign to the drive. Click Next.

8.Select “Format this partition with the following settings” and Enter a name for the volume as you’d like it to appear on your computer. Select “Perform a quick format.” Click Next. See Fig. 3.2.2-D.

9.Review your settings and click Finish to begin the format- ting process.

10.During the formatting process, the status of the disk chang- es to “Formatting” (a) in the Computer Management win- dow. When Formatting is complete, the status changes to “Healthy” (b). See Fig. 3.2.2-E.

Figure 3.2.2-C

Figure 3.2.2-D

a

b

Figure 3.2.2-E