Cavalry Storage CADA-U3E4 Chapter, Initializing and Formatting Your New Array, Windows

Initializing and Formatting Your New Array CHAPTER 4

Windows:

A)Navigate to Disk Management: Start Menu>right-click (My) Computer>select “Manage”>select Disk Management.

B)Once in Disk Management, look for your drives in the bottom-right window. You may have to scroll down to find it. The disk(s) will most easily be recognized by their size. Ex.: If you are initializing a 1 TB drive, look for a drive that is close to the same size; like 931.51 GB. Once you’ve found it, take note of the disk number.

C)If the Initialization Wizard does not appear, right-click the disk number, and then select the “Initial- ize” option. If this option is not available, click the white box immediately to the right and select “New Partition” for XP and “New Simple Volume” for Vista/ 7.

D)Select “MBR/Primary Partition” and “NTFS” for XP, or for drives that are smaller than 1TB. For later versions of Windows (7 and Vista), select “GPT/GUID” and “NTFS”, or for drives that are larger than 1 TB. Caution! GPT/GUID is not compatible with Windows XP!

E)Let Windows select a drive letter, as well as the rest of the options. Then press “Finish”. Double- check that Windows assigned a drive-letter to your new drive(s). Otherwise, you will not see the drive(s) in (My) Computer.

F)Now, look for your drive-letter(s) in (My) Computer and enjoy your new drive!

Mac OS X 10.4.0+:

A)Look for the drive in Disk Utility: Click an empty space on your Desktop. Then select (from the top of the screen) Go>Utilities>Disk Utility.

B)Once in Disk Utility, look for your drive in the left-hand column. It should be easily identified as a USB or DMI drive of a size close to it’s stated size. Ex.: If you are Initializing a 1TB drive, look for a drive that is close to the same size; like 931.51 GB.

C)Click on the first entry for your Cavalry drive; the one closest to the top.

D)On the right, there will be a row listing operations you can perform on your drive. Select “Partition”.

E)Now select “Volume Format>Mac OS Extended (Journaled)”.

F)Click “Options,” and select “Apple Partition Map”.

G)Click “Partition”.

H)Check for your drive in Computer and/or the Desktop and enjoy your new drive!

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