USB Hard Disk Drive Preparation

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USB Hard Disk Drive Preparation

This appendix covers how to prepare the USB-IDE hard disk drive for computers using either Windows 2000 or Windows 98 operating systems.

Preparing the USB-IDE Hard Disk Drive In Windows 2000

Note Preparing a USB-IDE hard disk drive under Windows XP is almost identical to Windows 2000.

1.Connect the USB-IDE hard disk drive to your computer using the USB cable.

2.Turn on your computer.

3.The USB device icon should display on the Taskbar.

4.If the USB-IDE hard disk drive is partitioned or has data, it will show up in My

Computer as a hard disk drive icon. Check the file system by right clicking on the icon and checking under Properties ➤ General ➤ File System. If the file system is not FAT32 format, format the USB-IDE hard disk drive using the FAT32 format.

5.If the USB-IDE hard disk drive is not partitioned, go to Administrative Tools in Control Panel and start Computer Management. Open Disk Management in Storage and right click an unallocated region of the USB-IDE hard disk drive.

Then, click Create Partition.

6.In the Create Partition wizard, click Next, then Primary Partition, and follow the instructions on the screen. Make sure that FAT32 is selected for the file system.

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