LaCie Little Big Disk manual Formatting from HFS+ Apple File System to NTFS, User Manual, page

LaCie Little Disk • Design by Sam Hecht	Formatting & Partitioning
User Manual	page 17

3.1.2.Formatting from HFS+ (Apple File System) to NTFS

Follow the steps in this section if you used LaCie Setup Assistant to format your drive for use with a Mac or if you reformatted your LaCie Little Disk as an HFS+ volume on a Mac.

CAUTION: Following these steps will erase everything from the hard disk. If you have information that you want to protect or con- tinue to use, back up this information before performing these steps.

1.Right-click My Computer and select Manage (Fig. 09). The Computer Management window opens.

2.Select Disk Management under Storage (you may have to expand the Storage list to see the Disk Management option). See Fig. 10. Information about all storage devices connected to your computer appears in the pane on the right.

3.Find the disk corresponding to your LaCie Little Disk. Right-click on the “Unallocated” volume in the disk allocation bar and se- lect New Partition… from the right-click options menu (Fig. 10). The New Partition Wizard opens.

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Fig. 09

Fig. 10