LaCie hard disk • DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON | Formatting & Partitioning |
User Manual | page 15 |
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3.1. Windows Users
The process of formatting a drive on a computer running Win- dows 7, Windows XP or Windows Vista consists of two steps: (1) installing a signature on the drive, and (2) formatting the drive. These steps will erase anything that is on the disk.
CAUTION: Following these steps will erase everything from the your hard drive. If you have information that you want to protect or continue to use, back up this information before performing these steps.
1.Connect the drive to the computer via the interface port.
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3.From the “Computer Management” window, select Disk Management (located below the Storage group). See Fig. 05.
4.If the “Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard” window appears, click Cancel.
5.Windows will list the Hard Disks that are installed on the
system. Locate the drive that is represented by the 
icon.
6.In the box to the right that says Unallocated,
7.On the first page of the “New Partition Wizard,” click Next. See Fig. 06.
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Fig. 05
Fig. 06